I authored the Family Medical Leave Act years ago, and it was a controversial bill.

I think that is a gap that we do not address well.

I will come back to that at some point.

I would be very interested if you could ask your members at the Business Roundtable to submit to you and then to us what some of the ideas individual companies are doing to expand parental involvement so we might promote some of these…

I rise today, joined by my colleague Senator Grassley, to introduce legislation on behalf of the millions of talented, high-achieving American students who every day, despite our best efforts, are being left behind. When we talk about…

I wish to take a few minutes to lay out where we are on this effort to do reform of the financial structures of our economy. It has been a long undertaking and I will not take a lot of time and I will not go into great detail. But I…

You ought to insist it be a part of it, because it's a critical--I mean, there's so many diverse interests.

I think we all have a renewed sense of hope that there's a possibility we're going to start really taking some very concrete actions.

I rise today, joined by my colleague Senator Ensign, to introduce legislation that will provide children with safe, healthy, and academically focused afterschool programs. The Improving 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act of 2010…

If the only thing you're motivated by is cost--we now know, without any question, categorically, that if we don't address this issue, it is going to mount as a cost issue.

I rise in commemoration of the life of John Patrick Murtha. John Murtha gave nearly six decades to the country he loved. At the age of 20, he left college to join the Marines. As soon as he arrived, the Marines knew they had a gem of a…

Elections have to take place at some point in time, and elections start by influencing the hearts and minds of the people.

I rise to discuss a constitutional amendment I am introducing today, along with my colleague Senator Tom Udall, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. This proposed amendment…

Many of the industries that built Connecticut's prosperity during the 20th century are in decline.

The sad but unavoidable truth is that many of those jobs aren't coming back.

We all know that our unemployment rate is unacceptably high.

I rise today to introduce, at the request of the administration and on behalf of my fellow original cosponsors Senator Menendez, Senator Mikulski, and Senator Cardin, the Public Transportation Safety Program Act of 2010. This legislation…

first I wanted to say a few words to welcome our new colleague, Scott Brown, who has joined our ranks as a Member of the Senate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I wasn't able to be here at 5 p.m. when he was sworn into office, but I…

today I rise to introduce the Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Act of 2010, important legislation that promotes awareness and prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma, a devastating form of child abuse that results in the…

The American people have been through too much. Unemployment is still too high.

the issues that Senator Shelby and I and the Members of the Committee are grappling with are difficult, they are complicated, and they are terribly important.

I think all of us are to one degree or another frustrated with the present situation in our country

nearly 2 years after the collapse of Bear Stearns, we still have not updated the laws governing our financial sector.

It borders on insulting to the American people who have lost so much in this crisis.

I am determined as ever to get this strong bill to the floor of the Senate.