We want tracking labels so that we know the company and the area of China in which the drywall was manufactured.

So, we ought to look at that.

But, I understood that the children's pets-- Zhu Zhu pets out of China, there was--they found some evidence of antimony in those.

Keep the record open until Wednesday, April 21, at 12 noon for subcommittee members to submit statements or questions.

But, do you think that's going to require an amendment to the law?

the restoration of employees at the Consumer Products Safety Commission, we thought, was warranted, because of the massive numbers of products that come your way

If there was another shipment of drywall being manufactured in China for export to the United States, would it be subject to testing for this hydrogen sulfide?

After 3,000 complaints, we knew we had a problem.

If you look at the scorecard since 9/11, how many successful prosecutions and convictions of terrorists have taken place in Article III courts under the Bush administration and Obama administration?

I join my colleagues in expressing my sorrow to the families of West Virginia for the coal miners who were lost in that disaster. Illinois is a coal mining State. Throughout our history we have had terrible mine disasters and the loss of…

the reconciliation bill on the floor today realizes a dream of my friend and mentor, former Senator Paul Simon-- consolidation of the Federal student loan program entirely into direct loans. The very first Federal student loans were direct…

tomorrow, we will continue to try to reach an agreement to take up and pass legislation to extend for 30 days the important unemployment and COBRA benefits that expire soon.

today I am introducing the Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2010. This legislation will make it easier and less costly for local, state, tribal and federal agencies to share public safety and criminal…

Now health care reform, with its improvements, is on its way to being signed by the President and becoming the law of the land. It is a day of great celebration for those of us who had the privilege and honor to vote for it but to…

our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have confused some statements made by the President and made by me regarding whether the new health law will cause premiums to go down. The President has spoken forcefully about the impact of…

Well, let us try to work together.

the last major hurdle that we are trying to defeat right now is management intransigence.

I am going to give you a little bit of a challenge here on a different issue, and it relates to a national problem, which I think the Federal Government can help to address.

OPM is deeply committed to modernizing the Federal retirement system and addressing the issues identified in the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) April 2009 report.

Our Nation's civil servants are called on to defend our Nation, restore confidence in our financial system, administer a historical economic recovery effort, ensure adequate healthcare for veterans and others, and search for cures to the…

I had one Senator who was an obstacle. I never convinced him, but I outlasted him and eventually passed in fiscal year 2009 the language necessary for this.

So, Director Berry, the President asked us to give you $5 million for wellness, for pilot programs to deal with smoking cessation, disease management, and the like.

I hope the Federal Government can inspire and lead in this area and show some innovation.

If Senator Collins will spare me one little vignette here?

One of the major reasons was the lack of nursing faculty.