Jerry Moran

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 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 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 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…

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…

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 see the demise of community banking in rural America.

the backlog greatly diminished.

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

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

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

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

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.

There's no need for additional--authority, statutory authority, or--you have the tools that you need?

Timeframe wise, for implementation of ACA, what happens incrementally between now and 2014, or, its full implementation?

if that occurs because we have an over-regulated lack-of-commonsense regulatory scheme, we ought to be able to fix that problem.

There are bad consequences--you certainly described one scenario of events, but there's another scenario that will come if we do not respond appropriately, responsibly, to the ever increasing debt.

It's no longer worth the regulatory cost, the fingerprinting of my employees, to make a loan to somebody who lives in our town.

I also would welcome you and the administration raising the same kind of concerns in describing the scenario that will occur if we do not get our debt under control.

I did want to make certain that you understand the importance of enforcement--strict and strong enforcement--of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions and Accountability Act.

Americans are looking for leadership in Washington to confront the problems we face today and not to push them on to future generations.