My amendment would reduce research and development spending at the Department of Defense by 10 percent. First inclination, we all know research and development is a good thing, but not when it begets wasteful spending. The continuing…

I sure don't need to be convinced that this is a serious problem. I come from Illinois, which seems to compete with California...

As you know, I come from Chicago, home of the world champion Chicago Blackhawks, and I rise today in support of the National Hockey League's designation of the month of February as ``Hockey is for Everyone Month.'' ``Hockey is for…

What I'm trying to get both sides to do is to work with the same numbers.

Illinois has gone through decades of bad financial decisionmaking under both Democrats and Republicans.

So much of local government strikes so close to home. It is where the wheels hit the streets.

All local governments need to reinvent themselves, streamline and consolidate, not because they don't matter, but because they matter very, very much.

This issue is critical not just to our health, our Nation's health, but also to our country's national security and our economy. Because I rise today to protect the integrity of all things of science because it is science that these facts…

Introducing a bankruptcy statute would force bondholders to all States to question the legal regime.

I hate to begin by respectfully disagreeing with you, but I would only suggest that the public good that private health insurance is providing health insurance...

I was appalled. I couldn't believe it.

In the end, the only person who is elected in the executive branch is the Executive.