Sam Brownback: “I thank the Chair. I ask if you would let me know when I have used 15 minutes of that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”

I have served here a period of 14 years, which has been a wonderful chance to be able to serve the people of Kansas--the people of the United States. I love this body and I love this country. A lot of folks, when they leave, talk about…

We cannot expect small, mid-size or even larger businesses to take on large numbers of additional employees when the government is raising the cost for employing them gainfully.

I want to talk about a renewable energy standard we need to have in an energy piece of legislation. I think it is one of these commonsense approaches that you can get bipartisan support built for if you do it in a sensible fashion that…

we have to get more focus on this by a broader cross-section, or we will not be effective in this.