Mr. President, today I am introducing the Harbor Maintenance Act, a bill with bipartisan and multi-regional support that would help ensure that funds deposited into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund would be used for their intended…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 289, noes 112, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No. 211] AYES--289 Ackerman Aderholt Adler (NJ) Altmire Andrews Arcuri…

I now yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, actually, this issue can be stated very succinctly, very briefly and, I think, very compellingly. We now have 6\1/2\ million unemployed workers who have been looking for a new…

I close, quoting a woman who spoke to my office today from Eastpointe, Michigan. She was laid off from a large accounting firm, and she says, ``I was there for 2\1/2\ years. The firm let me go because they had some clients who closed shop…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Once again, the party of ``no'' has spoken. Every jobs bill that has come before us they have voted ``no.'' When the President came to power, we were losing 779,000 jobs a month. The last month we gained 162,000…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, back in October--to be precise, October 27, so we have now almost 5 months--almost 5 months ago, the Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the nomination of BG Michael Walsh to be a major general. This is a man who…

Mr. President, on March 4, 2010, John Patrick Bedell, a 36-year-old Californian with a history of mental illness, arrived at the Pentagon after a manic, cross-country journey. At 6:40 pm, Mr. Bedell, armed with two 9mm handguns, walked to…

I deeply regret that, and I am going to continue to press forward on this. I hope the leadership on the Republican side will weigh in on this. I yield the floor, and I thank my friend. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from…

I wonder if Senator Chambliss might stay for 1 second so I can inform my Republican colleagues, in about 10 minutes I will be asking unanimous consent to confirm a general who has been nominated--a brigadier general who has been nominated…

I ask that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no…

Mr. President, I am pleased that the President signed into law today the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill included a provision that would extend Medicare wage index reclassifications for hospitals across more than half…