I come to my seat today on the floor of the Senate to take a few minutes to share my thoughts on the late Senator Robert Byrd and his tragic death a few days ago. I come with a perspective different than those who served with him for…

I think all of us really recognize that the $64,000 question is the weaponization of nuclear materiel in Iran.

I rise briefly, and with great pride, to commend to my colleagues the confirmation of Marc Treadwell from the State of Georgia to be a U.S. district court judge of the Middle District of Georgia. Marc is all Georgian. He was born in…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma for yielding. I will be brief. But I spend a lot of time, as all of us do, listening to the speeches of our colleagues. I spend a lot of time thinking about what they say. I was compelled to come to the…

this is a tax credit extension, as with the previous amendment, but with a different pay-for. The previous was deductibility of punitive damages. This one is from the stimulus money. Both accomplish the same thing, which is allowing…

I appreciate very much Senator Reid's interest in this as the leader. I have worked on this issue, as everybody knows, for a long time. We passed unanimously in the Senate last year a home buyer tax credit which ended on April 30 for…

I ran a company for 22 years and had 800 independent contractors.

What do you think, Mr. Drevna?

I have supported offshore drilling, and continue to do so. I don't want this to be what Three Mile Island was to nuclear energy.

Unfortunately, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and the tragic loss of 11 lives and injuries of 25 people, is not the only petroleum-based disaster we have had.

Well, I wasn't either, until I got deep into my notes. But, that's a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said OSHA had jurisdiction over Coast Guard-regulated facilities like ships and vessels, as well as oil rigs.

let's learn from the past, but let's make sure it doesn't happen in the future. Let's look forward.