There needs to be a sustained effort to train and retrain these workers.

We will struggle to compete in the global economy if we do not update our current system.

This place looks broken to the American people. The ability -- our ability to make these decisions is open to enormous question in the wake of the health care discussion in particular.

I would like to express my strong support for the Conrad-Gregg fiscal task force amendment. I thank Chairman Conrad and Senator Gregg for crafting a proposal that rises above petty Washington partisan bickering. When my oldest daughter…

it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of Army Specialist Brian R. Bowman. Specialist Bowman, a member of the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, CO, died on…

Bill Martinez will be an asset, a huge asset to the Federal bench.

The process that Mark Udall ran... was one that I think could be a model for the entire country.

One of the enormous frustrations to me over the last months and weeks... is to sit here and listen to Senator after Senator... talk about what we are hearing anecdotally on the ground about lending to small business.

I just think it would be useful to everybody if we were able to agree upon a set of metrics going forward.

I do not see any way to get this unemployment rate down without having our small businesses have access to credit.

I would be very willing to work with you and your staff on this because we have got to move past this he said/she said aspect of what is going on.

You mentioned something early in your testimony this morning about the importance of withdrawing from this economy in a way that creates jobs.