it seems as if every day there is some new action by the Obama administration that throws a big wet blanket over job creation in America. Republicans haven't been hesitant to point this out and talk about too many taxes, too many…

as important as it is to say what we don't like about the Obama administration's job policy, it is even more important for us to say what Republicans will do to create an environment to make it easier and cheaper to create private sector…

I would like to congratulate the men and women of our military for a courageous mission, and our intelligence community for accurate and important intelligence. I would like to congratulate the President for his persistence in bringing a…

I have just returned from visiting east Tennessee where there were devastating tornadoes last week. The President, at the request of our entire congressional delegation, has declared four of our counties--Washington, Greene, Hamilton, and…

I rise today to support the nomination of Kevin Sharp to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The Senate will be voting on the President's nomination within a few minutes. Kevin is an…

No. Ms. DeLAURO. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, can you tell me how much time is left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Louisiana has 2\1/2\ minutes…

I yield myself 3 minutes. Mr. Speaker, House Concurrent Resolution 35, if adopted, will add provisions to the continuing resolution, H.R. 1473, to prohibit any funds in this act or any previous act from being used to implement the Patient…

In closing, a key component of this spending agreement is a guaranteed up-or-down vote in the Senate on a provision that would prohibit any funds in this act or any previous act from being used to carry out the Patient Protection and…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant editor of the Daily Digest proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). The Senator from Vermont.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority time has only 1 minute 30 seconds at this point and then the majority time has 30 minutes. The Senator from Tennessee may proceed…

last month marked the 1-year anniversary of President Obama signing the health care bill into law. I believe it was an historic mistake. We have talked about the health care law in a variety of ways. One thing we have said is that at a…