There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who respect all the hard work that you have put in as Secretary.

The tide of war is receding, and that results in significant savings.

Mr. President, I am not sure what the order is here. I am happy to defer to whatever has been agreed to. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 7\1/2\ minutes remaining on the Republican side.

This is the third anniversary of the President's nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill. But it is not an anniversary worth celebrating. Back then, the Obama administration promised the American people that the stimulus bill, if passed, would…

I think the market makes a better decisionmaking process than the government based on the record.

Madam President, I come to the floor today frustrated, as many of us are, that once again we are not able to address legislation in the way the Senate is designed to address it, which is to debate, to discuss, to offer amendments, and to…

The vote against the President's budget was unanimous, 97 to nothing for 2012 fiscal year.

This plan is a billion more than last year, this budget. I just don't see the possibility given our current fiscal situation of being able to fund everything that you've requested.

Madam President, I rise today to call upon the President of the United States to rescind one of the most radical and unconstitutional mandates ever issued, a mandate that requires faith- based organizations, hospitals, and educational…

I don't see any public acknowledgement that China, India, some of the fast-growing Asian nations, have joined us in supporting rejecting any kind of export.

The clock is ticking on the side of the Iranian pursuit of nuclearization and perhaps weaponization of nuclear capability.