I think at some point we really need to have DOD in the room with these folks in the sense of again, like with the TAP program, I mean, that is a joint effort.

It is very important to my State and really just in the Nation in general in the sense that we certainly need the resources that it engenders.

Mr. President, I rise to express my strong support for the McConnell amendment. This amendment prevents EPA from continuing to reach beyond Congress's clear intent under the Clean Air Act. Congress did not authorize greenhouse gas…

We cannot afford to let current projects go unfinished, yet we face a major obstacle of how to fund these initiatives.

Just very quickly, I notice that you, in your budget, you include $50 million, a $40 million increase on comprehensive levee safety, the levee safety initiative, which is really a big deal in the sense of, in many parts of the country.

I think all of us agree that the teapot museums, things like that, in the climate that we are in now, we have to be so frugal with the taxpayers' money.

The LEED rating system discriminates against the use of most American wood products.

I would argue that certainly wood is very environmentally friendly, it stores carbon.

I agree, Senator Boxer, that one of my companies is Wal-Mart in Arkansas and they have done a tremendous job.

you cannot buy locally in Arkansas because zero percent qualifies.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on the floor of this Chamber for the first time as a Senator. I am honored to have this opportunity to be a voice for Arkansans who want to change the direction our country is headed so that we still have a…