Jerry Moran

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, thank you. And let me express my gratitude to all of you for your public service.

It's being done today.

The excitement that is there and the belief in the potential of what can be accomplished.

I thank my good friend and colleague. Mr. Chairman, the U.S. Atlantic fleet is based at the Norfolk Naval Base and operates in the same waters that this legislation proposes to sell for oil and gas development. Does the Republican majority…

Well, we certainly know that our constituents are paying too much at the pump, but we also know where that money's going. Almost $30 billion, just in the last 3 months, went to the top three oil companies, Exxon, Shell and BP. Remember BP…

One thing we do know is that our constituents are paying about $4 a gallon for gas. What they have to ask is: Where's all this money that they're paying going? Well, as you have seen, it's going in profits to the biggest oil companies. In…

I am a firm believer in the view that an individual can make a difference. I am a firm believer that what happens in Washington, DC, is important in our Nation's history and what goes on in our country, but the reality is we change the…

Only because H.R. 1 set such a low bar could this CR be looked at as a significant improvement. While far from perfect, we need to bring the fiscal year 2011 to a conclusion and provide agencies with some certainty and stability so they…

I also share the chairman's congratulatory sentiments to all those who made this happen, particularly the staff, who did work 24/7 around the clock. Madam Speaker, politics is the art of compromise, and this continuing resolution is the…

I would just question you as to why you believe that the core principles method of regulating the futures industry... worked well and were moving in an entirely different direction.

I think there are 60 rulemaking procedures ongoing. Difficult to conduct business and continue to comment on the things that are happening at the CFTC.

I thank the Senator for yielding. Mr. President, I come here tonight one more time. I am a very short term Member of the Senate--only about 3 months. Every time I have spoken on the Senate floor, I have talked about the importance of…

Toxic waste cleanup was stopped at 609 sites; 2,400 Superfund workers were sent home; 368 National Park Service sites were closed down; 7 million visitors weren't able to visit the parks; there were more than 2 million visitors who…

I thank the very distinguished former chair of the Appropriations Committee and now ranking member of the committee as well as of Defense. Madam Speaker, none of us want any of our soldiers to go unpaid for 1 day or for one…

Emboldened by their electoral victories last fall, my Republican colleagues have embarked on a campaign to weaken or repeal many of the landmark laws that have protected the public's health and the environment. The first opening shots at…

So I ask, Madam Speaker, just to consider the scene where Members of Congress would be arguing before the courts their right to be paid while millions forgo their pay. Madam Speaker, this body is wasting its time with the legislation we…

I thank my very good friend from Colorado. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule. The Federal Government is now 6 months into fiscal year 2011 without a budget. We've created no new jobs and, in fact, have put tens of thousands…

What we've elected to do is to balance priorities, and the most important are the priorities within the budget process. The Republican budget proposal introduced today is a collection of misplaced priorities because it cuts hundreds of…

If confirmed, I look forward to helping you reach that goal on behalf of the veterans of Kansas and the country.

The backlog greatly diminished.

I am very honored to be a Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.

I have heard from VA officials for a long time about the number 1 priority that you plan to address is the backlog.

But to lose so many community bankers because of the increasing cost of being in the banking business is a mistake for the communities that they serve.

I see the demise of community banking in rural America.

I appreciate the topic of the hearing and believe it to be a very important one.