Madam President, I want to thank my colleague from Oregon, Senator Wyden, for working with me, and particularly working with Senator Gregg who is now retired from this Chamber. They spent an extraordinary amount of time, very productive…

Madam President, I know the Democratic side has not used its full allotment of time, but because another speaker is not here, I will go ahead, and hopefully we will be able to yield time if someone else does come forward…

Madam President, I have been on the Senate floor several times now during the last few weeks to discuss our grave economic condition, the need to reduce Washington's out-of-control spending, and, most importantly, the urgent need to start…

Absolutely not, I would say to the Senator from Oregon. Clearly, if you go back to the origin of the alternative minimum tax, it was designed to go after those handful, in comparison to the total number of taxpayers in this country, who…

Thank you all for your testimony. It was helpful and important for us.

Mr. President, I wish to thank the Senator from North Dakota for allowing me to go first. I will be relatively brief. I have spoken on the floor on a number of occasions regarding my frustration about the Senate not spending enough time…

Congratulations. Particularly at a time of fiscal constraint, it is important to hear that.

There ought to be some rules that the world community of trade engages in.

Thank you. Just answered one of my questions.

I think collection of duties is one way we can help offset some of the potential declining revenues.

It is clear one of the nations that we have a very significant relationship with, particularly in terms of trade, is China.