I ask the President to notify me when I have used 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will do so. ____________________

This issue is of particular importance to me as well. I strongly object to the language included in the Interior Appropriations bill regarding Boiler MACT. The Boiler MACT is an unworkable regulation that will reduce pollutants like…

this omnibus appropriations bill funds the Federal Government through September 30, 2012, at the level of spending agreed to this past August in the Budget Control Act, which reduces overall spending by $2.1 trillion over the next 10…

I yield the floor, and I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

we hear a lot about tax breaks and tax loopholes around the Senate. I wish to talk about a tax loophole, a big one, that is on its way out. It is a $23 billion tax loophole. It is not a loophole in the tax code of Washington, DC. It is a…

I wish to speak this afternoon about a lesson that Washington, DC can learn from Maryville, TN, which is my hometown. It is a lesson that most of us learned in kindergarten and I learned in my mother's kindergarten, which was in a…

is it time to begin the Republican time? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

This is a rare piece of legislation, something we agree on across the aisle, that could immediately save 340,000 jobs, that keeps the clean air rule the EPA has proposed, but simply gives them time to write it properly, the authority to…

will you let me know when I have used 4\1/2\ minutes? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

we will yield back the Republican time so that we can move ahead and report the bill. ____________________

last week during the debate on clean air, in which I opposed overturning a rule that allows dirty air from other States to blow into Tennessee, costing us jobs, and hurting our health, I said: Why should we be picking on a good rule when…

I thank the chairman. Mr. President, that is exactly right. Just so Senators know, Senator Reid has filled the tree, but what we hope to persuade him is that we know the number of amendments we have and that he doesn't need to do that. He…

this is a States rights argument. It is about allowing States to close a loophole--a tax loophole. It is about stopping the subsidization of some taxpayers over other taxpayers, stopping the subsidization of some businesses over others…

last week the Senator from Wyoming, Mr. Enzi, and the Senator from Illinois, the Democratic whip, introduced a piece of legislation which is called the Marketplace Fairness Act. In doing so, I think they solved a problem that has persisted…

I ask consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Internet Sales Tax

As she usually does, the Senator from California said directly what the situation is. We on the Republican side understand that the majority leader has some important business he has to make sure the Senate finishes this week. We, as would…

I wonder if I might respond through the Chair to the majority leader. I have been consulting with the chairman of our committee, and on the Republican side, we understand what the majority leader is saying. What I hear him saying is that…

I thank the Senator from California. She is a delight to work with. Without disparaging any other Member of the Senate, it is nice to work with former mayors or county executives or even Governors because we are accustomed to making…

I was reading in the New York Times on Saturday: Rich subsidies powering solar and wind projects; big rise in company aid; companies are virtually assured of profits. This is the New York Times. This isn't the conservative Washington, DC…

I thank the Senator. I am not going to respond at great length because I want to eventually find us in agreement about this, but I appreciate it. Your points are very important and very good points. On safety and nuclear power, I think it…

The Senator from Kentucky wants to overturn a clean air rule which would limit the amount of soot and ozone, the pollution that causes smog, from blowing from Kentucky and other states into Tennessee or that blows from Tennessee into North…

I believe I have 8 minutes. I would ask the Chair to let me know when I have 1 minute remaining. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

I ask consent to extend the colloquy into Democratic time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I wish to congratulate Senator Enzi and Senator Durbin and say how pleased I am to join as a cosponsor of their legislation. Here is what I want to congratulate them for. Senator Enzi said he came to this as a former mayor, as a former…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Alexander pertaining to the introduction of S. 1815 are located in today's Record under ``Statements…