Roland Burris: “I hope that there is some--even in this instance, because this is a complaint that I have heard about.”

Thank you, Madam President. I wish to extend a special word of gratitude to my old friend who is sitting right there, the Sergeant at Arms, Terry Gainer; the Secretary of the Senate, Nancy Erickson; the secretary for the majority--where…

near the end of May, we learned that the unemployment rate in my home State of Illinois had fallen to about 10.8 percent, down from 11.2 percent in March. That is the first time the unemployment rate has gone down since 2006, when it stood…

So, the educational GI Bill, is not impacting this problem?

I support our President in that speech and every effort he has made in trying to get direction and a solution to the problems we are experiencing down on our gulf coast. I find it disheartening and disappointing all these commentators who…