I rise in support of Senator Paul's resolution. The word ``extreme'' has gotten thrown around here an awful lot. I just walked on the floor. What is being sought here is not extreme. Under the Clean Air Act, there have been extraordinary…

My own belief is that at least some strong indication with some enforcement mechanism is necessary in that package now in order to assure the investment world and the consumer world that we are on the right path, and therefore have the…

You state in your comments here that these difficult and fundamental fiscal choices cannot be safely or responsibly postponed. I assume you stand by that?

I ask unanimous consent to take 6 minutes of Senator Rubio's time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Vermont.

may I inquire as to the allocation of time? The Senator from Vermont has generously yielded me the opportunity to speak for a few moments. I want to make sure I don't get the situation mixed up here so that we run out of time. The…

I want to respond to some of the statements that have been made by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle regarding the need to add disaster relief to the Continuing Resolution we will consider this week. There is no question that…

If this is the case, why did he not ask for this? We don't need to include this additional funding to meet the needs of the people for the disasters that have already occurred. The funding necessary to do that is included in the House bill…

we all heard the President speak to a joint session of Congress last week about his jobs bill, which was released this morning. The President indicated he wanted to take his case to the people. I am glad he is doing so. As he travels about…

I want to thank the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Corker, for what he just said. I want to affirm the extraordinary amount of effort he has made to not only inform this Senate body of the crisis that we face financially, but also to come…

I will not begin to use that amount of time. I think I can use 10 minutes or less, and I will leave some time for my colleagues. I can't count how many times I have been here speaking about the same subject, but this subject occupies all…

I wonder if I may ask how much time is allocated. We are a little out of kilter with the allocation of time. How much time do I have to speak? I want to make sure my colleagues have sufficient time to speak also. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Thank you, Mr. President. And I thank my colleague, also, for her patience. To send us here, after 7 months, and come up with something that is short of the minimum, that continues the uncertainty--are they going to be able to pull it…