Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 38 servicemembers from California or based in California who have died while serving our country in Operation Enduring Freedom since March 24, 2010. This brings to 185 the number of…

Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce the Pinnacles National Park Act. This legislation would elevate the Pinnacles National Monument to a National Park. The legislation would also rename the current Pinnacles Wilderness as the Hain…

Of course. I just have one more question for my friend. We hear every Senator--Democratic, Republican, Independent--say the biggest issue before us, the biggest one is jobs--jobs, jobs, jobs. When my friend goes home, I know she has to…

Madam President, what the American people want from us is for us to work together. They don't want partisan political attacks. Here is what is so strange about this particular partisan attack we have just heard. The Senator from Maine said…

Madam President, I also work across the political aisle. I worked with Senator Snowe on the Passenger Bill of Rights. I worked with the former Senator Smith on guns in the cockpit. I worked with Senator Ensign on afterschool, I worked with…

The first amendment written by Landrieu-Snowe; the second, Snowe-Landrieu; the third one, Snowe-Merkley; the fourth one, Snowe-Landrieu; the next one, Landrieu-Nelson; the next one, Snowe- Pryor--and on and on. The next section…

Madam President, the Senator from Maine is right when she says we have to move to help this economy, and this bill is one of the answers. That is why it has such broad support. Republicans and Democrats across the country support this…

I am just asking a question through the Chair. This is the time of the Senator from Louisiana. I have watched the Senator from Louisiana make a case for this bipartisan bill day after day, and I have heard her lay out why we should come…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the PACE Assessment Protection Act of 2010. I am pleased to be joined in this effort by my colleagues, Senators Merkley, Gillibrand, and Begich. Property Assessed Clean Energy or PACE programs allow…

Mr. President, I wish to thank the Senator from Louisiana, the chairman of the Small Business Committee, for her impassioned remarks. I have worked with Mary Landrieu on many issues. Sometimes we are on opposite sides. I don't like those…

Thank you so much, Mr. President. As Senator Coburn was talking about the need to balance the budget, I was remembering that I voted to do that. With the leadership of Bill Clinton and the Democrats, we not only balanced the budget but we…

Mr. President, the Senator from Vermont speaks in very clear words. When he says this debate is about whose side are you on, he could not be more on target. We have a situation where we know that when President Obama took office and the…