Mr. President, the Senate has an opportunity today to take another step toward restoring job growth and opportunity for American workers. Others have discussed the importance of this bill's provisions to help put Americans back to work…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, I would like to relay a story that says a great deal about how the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression came to be. In 2006, a bond trader at Lehman Brothers struck up a conversation with one of the firm's…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, Ranking Member David Camp is not here today because of a death in his family. The distinguished gentleman from Illinois is going to be handling the time on the minority side. On…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4783) to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Chile, and to extend the period from which such…

Mr. President, the Senate can take an important step today in alleviating the incredible strains this continuing economic crisis is having on thousands of families in my State, and millions of families across America. In approving the…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material in the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman…

Mr. President, I am a cosponsor of a bill introduced by Senators Feingold and Brownback, the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. I am one of the 62 cosponsors of this legislation, and I believe this broad…

Mr. President, I would like to congratulate all of the athletes who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Olympics was a spectacular and awe-inspiring event that captured the attention and…

Madam President, I thank the Presiding Officer. I thank my colleagues and the leaders who have been involved in facilitating this. It is long overdue, but I want to thank my colleagues for at least helping to make this happen this…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the previous amendment. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator…