Mark Pryor

And you just don't ever--you really don't know unless you get a complaint.

That would be great.

it is with pleasure that I rise today to honor the 50th Annual Arkansas State Championship Horse Show. In 1963, three horse show associations in Arkansas joined efforts to hold a State equestrian championship. This championship show…

That is a very important issue for us at Windstream.

I would like to get your thoughts on that and what the proper role of State regulation is in all this.

The public telephone network remains the backbone of our nation's communications infrastructure.

That could also be offered by IP technology, but it would have the same quality of service standards.

Is that a good thing?

We want all Americans to be able to have access to this network.

It has been a huge American success story, and it is something that as a nation we all should be very proud of.

There are just almost too many to enumerate.

I rise today to speak in favor of the THUD appropriations bill that is on the floor this week. I know all of us have listened to the speeches and the commentators, and we hear a lot of people around Washington say: Cut, cut, cut. Well, I…

I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here and I want to thank everybody for being here and participating in this to make this a reality.

if it is in order, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator…

I think that we all, and I heard Senator Ayotte a moment ago talk about children and, you know, just the concerns we have for children.

I am a big supporter of the unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

I look at the numbers; it is clear that the Do Not Call Registry has been a success.

I want to say thank you for your hard work, and I want to say thank you to all the Subcommittee members.

I am thrilled that you are chairing this subcommittee now. It is a great subcommittee, as you know, great staff and a great team of people here.

I mean, I will not get on my Congressional Budget Office (CBO) rant, but they are always off 20 percent.

we do a bad habit here in Congress of not telling agencies what their full amounts will be

I don't want to interrupt the flow of the proceedings, but I ask that my statement be made as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Student Loan Rates

in the next few short days, on July 1, the interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans are set to double. The problem is that with the subsidized Stafford loans, we are talking about students who tend to be lower income. Many of these…

I also rise in support of Penny Pritzker for Secretary of Commerce. I think she will do an excellent job. I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 3 or 4 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I rise today to honor Ken Duke of Hope, AR. Ken is an incredible athlete who has a great story and is actually here with us today. Years ago, as a teenager, Ken was diagnosed with scoliosis and he was forced for years to wear a back brace…