Douglas Alexander: “I have been yielded 4 minutes of Senator Bingaman's time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”

I have invited Tennesseans to send me e-mails or to write letters about how high gas prices are affecting their daily lives. I am hearing from a lot of them. Pat Taylor of Morristown, TN, who is the director of the local Meals on Wheels…

By pooling and sharing resources across the country, people living in Scotland benefit from significant additional public spending.

Mr. President, Republicans believe we ought to fix housing first, and we would like to talk about that for the next 30 minutes. Mr. Kyl, the Senator from Arizona, is here for that purpose. Senator Ensign is here, who is the author of an…

The first comes from Christy Long in Maynardville, TN. She works at the East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, but she is worried about the cost of her commute. She is a diabetic. She is having trouble paying for her insulin…