first of all, just to amplify the record on the Lilly Ledbetter case, the Supreme Court did not rule against Ms. Ledbetter. They upheld the statute of limitations of 180 days for claims filed under civil rights laws. She had come to the…

I rise tonight following on the heels of three more bank closings in my State last Friday; not new banks, one of them over 60 years old, one of them over 100 years old. I want to talk for a few minutes tonight about the unintended…

I reluctantly rise to oppose moving forward with the nomination of Patricia Smith. I do not do so easily nor happily because I believe the President of the United States has the right to make appointments, and I think within reason those…

I called Senator Johnny Isakson, the individual who empowered this board.

I come before this Chamber to speak about good news. The Mine Safety and Health Administration confirmed that 2009 was the safest year in the history of American mining. As many of us have learned in the course of our lives, sometimes good…

I am pleased to join my colleague Senator Chambliss to endorse the confirmation and hopefully unanimous confirmation of Judge Beverly Martin to the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. I thank President Obama for sending this nomination…

the success of the surge in Iraq, and the example that's been set by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the government there, to be able to take over responsibilities once the insurgency was reversed, is evidence of the same thing…

if we reverse the Taliban, if we disrupt the Taliban, and we degrade the Taliban, we still won't be successful if we don't improve the government and the image of the government with the people

I want to thank you for the tremendous effort you and the Department and FEMA made in Georgia during the recent floods.

I just want to urge you to make sure Equatorial Guinea is one of the three that gets the Safe Skies Africa assistance.

Why would we not check at those borders, as well, when they leave, to validate that the person leaving is, in fact, the person we think they are?

She is a consummate person whose knowledge of labor law and equal opportunity is tremendous.