Regulators published $112 billion in net regulatory cost in 2013 alone.

We need a better way to sift through regulations both proposed and existing; transparently identify their true costs.

this is not easy for me to do, but I am going to do it in good grace here. I congratulate my colleague from Connecticut on The University of Connecticut's victory over the University of Notre Dame last night. He watched in joy and…

Clearly this enormous increase in the production of crude oil is of benefit to the United States, and it is a benefit to the world, and it has all kinds of implications for us economically, domestically, as well as in foreign policy.

There has not been any scientific proof that there is any kind of a major environmental issue here with this anymore as has been alleged for many years.

I come to the floor today to discuss the vote that is about to occur on the unemployment benefits extension act. I have repeatedly said that the Senate should have a full and open debate on this important issue and that debate should…

I would suggest to the Chair that perhaps a follow-up subcommittee hearing potentially involve those who held the leadership in the key positions at GM during the timeframe that we are looking at here.

I would like to discuss the legislation currently under consideration. But I want to begin by briefly discussing how we arrived at this point. In January, I was one of a few on our side of the aisle who voted to begin debate on the bill to…

So just to make the record clear, anything related to a safety issue will be shared with the public and with Congress?

The more you buy, the more you build, the cheaper they are.

Every year we sort of have a shrinking percentage of the overall budget, because of our runaway mandatory spending.

when the Senate last met, I introduced, together with Senator Durbin, a resolution regarding our response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That resolution, which received unanimous support in the Senate, called for a number of specific…