Jerry Moran

I am here to speak on another topic, but it has been my privilege to hear the discussion between the Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Graham, and the Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Lieberman, about what I think is a very serious debate…

This is my first opportunity as a member of the U.S. Senate to serve the role of introducing.

The first reason this bill should be defeated is that it usurps State authority and replaces it with a lowest-common-denominator Federal directive. This is a radical piece of legislation. In fact, today 43 States are not in compliance with…

And that is exactly the kind of nominees and, those that we will confirm, the officials that we need in this country.

And to me that shows the sign of significant intellectual capabilities and analyzing not for the crowd at the moment but for what is in the long-term best interest of our country.

Mr. Hoenig has been a friend and an adviser of mine for several years now, and I always appreciated his frank and honest advice and suggestions.

We can't cut our way to national prosperity. Since President Obama took office, private sector employment has steadily grown; but largely due to misguided priorities of many Republican officeholders, public sector cuts have offset that…

2 weeks ago, I spoke on the Senate floor about some of my concerns with the pending legislation that we have been talking about now--a number of appropriations bills--including the committee report on agriculture. The last time we visited…

The supercommittee is at a standstill. The Democrats won't consider cuts to entitlement programs if the money is primarily to pay for cutting taxes on the wealthy. Republicans won't consider raising taxes on the wealthy from their…

The amendment I am offering today was one I discussed in the agricultural appropriations subcommittee. I am a Member of that subcommittee and am very interested in the topic of the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. This…

I want to talk about education that is occurring at Fort Leavenworth, KS. I want to call my colleagues' attention to the important work that is being done in our Nation's heartland to educate the next generation of military leadership at…

I commend the Senator from Tennessee for his remarks. I believe that while what happens in Washington is important, we really do change the world one person at a time, and it happens at home in classrooms across America each and every day…

As we know, airstreams and rivers and other bodies of water don't stop at a State's border. If that is the case, how is it fair for one State to let that pollution go into a downstream State's water? That's our concern.

I would have to say, as important as it is to protect jobs, it's important to protect lives. We have a responsibility to protect lives. You heard what's in this material. You can see why it's a national responsibility. So let's fulfill…

I am here on the floor today to share a few thoughts on a topic that has a daily impact upon the lives of Americans. It is the topic we have had front and center now for a long time--job creation. Whether a mom or dad can find a job…

I do understand the concern that my very good friends have expressed on the Democratic side about the threat of violence in Colombia and the loss of jobs in America. What I don't understand is how voting against this trade agreement helps…

Clearly, more must be done to pressure Iran to change course and we cannot afford further delay.

Its success will depend upon enforcement.

I believe Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is one of the greatest dangers to global stability and the security of our country that we face today.

The cost of meeting the emission reductions was actually 75 percent less than what EPA had originally predicted and even farther below what opponents had claimed. In the case of the rule for boilers and solid waste incinerators, EPA issued…

I want to thank Mr. Waxman for his constant, credible leadership. He is saying what all Americans should be aware of. This is an incredibly important piece of legislation. Mr. Chairman, power plants emit 96,000 pounds of mercury into the…

Corporate profits have now reached historically high levels--$2 trillion just in the last two quarters. But most of that profit comes from reductions in personnel and benefit costs which are at a 50-year low as a percent of our economy…

Last year, I read on the House floor a letter from an active duty servicemember in Afghanistan. He shared how he and his partner of 10 years had managed the hardship that comes along with three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite…

Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act. This legislation, should it become law, would destroy a pillar of America's economic prosperity when we need it most. The bill…

Today we learned that 46 million Americans are living in poverty. More people are suffering economically than at any time since the Great Depression. But we learned from an excellent article by Scott Lilly of the Center for American…