I will not object. I say to Senator Sessions, I think Senator Hatch is expected to come down. That is the only one I know of.

last month the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the nation's largest exporter, the Boeing company--a company with 170,000-some employees, 150,000 of which in the United States…

I congratulate Senator Sessions and Senator Coburn for their principled remarks about the phenomenon of Washington spending. We are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend. We cannot keep spending money we do not have. And we want to…

Senator Corker and I had the privilege of being in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Monday for the opening of Volkswagen's North American plant. It was a great day for our country. Here is a major global manufacturer making in the United States…

if you would let me know when 1 minute remains, I would appreciate it. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 9 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we have been debating tax subsidies to the big oil companies. The bill proposed by the Senator from New Jersey would have limited it to just the big five oil companies even though many of the tax breaks or tax credits or deductions they…

I see the Senator from Kansas is here, and I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kansas.

I congratulate the Senator from Oklahoma for making an obvious and compelling point, which is that the problem is high gasoline prices. Why is the Democratic solution to raise them more? That is all their tax would do. The Republican plan…

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call time be equally divided. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record at the end of my remarks two articles by the Wall Street Journal, the first written by me on April 29 and the second written by the president of the Boeing Company, Jim McNerney, who is…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Alexander pertaining to the introduction of S. 964 are located in…

I have come to the Senate floor today to introduce, on behalf of 34 Senators, the Job Protection Act. The Job Protection Act is occasioned by a decision by the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that filed a…

now to make a few remarks about the actions that have caused this. I just left a hearing in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on the middle class. One of the witnesses was the general counsel of the Boeing Company. As…

on Friday, I visited Memphis to see the flooding along the Mississippi River myself, to meet with volunteers who were helping, and to see the tremendously well coordinated efforts of emergency workers who are meeting and working every day…

reserving the right to object, then we would need to add 2 minutes to the Republican side, and I ask unanimous consent for that. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Chair. According to the Congressional Research Service, in the history of the Senate, only three cloture motions have ever been filed on district judge nominations. In each case, the nomination eventually was confirmed. In 1986…

To the Chair, if the 5-minute warning could be for the end of the 25 minutes because I intend to take 5 minutes after that. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 6 minutes remaining in total on the Republican side.

we have a vote at noon. I know there are a number of Senators who wish to speak. I will take about 5 minutes, I suspect Senator Cornyn wants to speak, and I know Senator Grassley wants to speak. I also see Senator Reid. The Senate is a…

would the Senator have some more comments on the plan and about what has been said by some of our other colleagues?

I will take 1 minute and then conclude. I wish to thank Senators Portman, Cornyn, and Barrasso for this. We will be hearing often from Republicans who want to make clear what we are for as well as what we are against, and I thank the…

I ask unanimous consent for 1 additional minute. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? There being no objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that over the next 30 minutes Republican Senators led by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Portman, and including the Senator from Wyoming, Mr. Barrasso, Senator Cornyn from Texas, Senator Hoeven from North Dakota, and…

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…