Sam Brownback

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…

Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid prefer to let taxes increase on all Americans rather than see the defeat of their 'divide and rule' strategy of class warfare.

I trust that the American people will institute a mid-course correction.

The Democrats' stimulus has failed, and the Obama recovery is subpar.

The signal this Democratic Congress is sending is clear: We'll spend whatever taxpayer money it takes to save a government job; the rest of you American workers can take a hike.

To add insult to injury, this President is coming to Texas next week to raise campaign cash but apparently does not have an hour--not even 15 minutes--to spare for our American workers whose jobs he is killing.

However, this report tells only one-half of the story. Actually, manufacturing payroll jobs have decreased by 660,000 since the Obama stimulus was enacted.

Does this make any sense? Where is the cost-benefit analysis?

Mr. President, can you spare any time at all for these Americans whose jobs you are killing and sending overseas? Where are your priorities?

By all means, let's help renewable energy develop its potential, but let's not foolishly thwart the growth potential of our established energy industry which provides the affordable bridge to America's green future.

I regret that on July 12, 2010, I was unable to vote on the confirmation of Sharon Johnson Coleman, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District because my flight from Kansas City was delayed. I wish to address this…

I do hope you get a lot more aggressive on looking at this deficit. I don't want to see this crisis of confidence come to these shores.

I would not get held up over paying for a temporary one-time extension of unemployment insurance.

We are on--again, it's like the budget deficit--on an unsustainable path in terms of our foreign consumption, or consumption of foreign oil, in terms of emissions.

We absolutely need this extension.

I've taken a lot of good looks at that bill. The numbers I am seeing is it is going to drive down employment and drive up costs.

The G-20 is deeply concerned. They have confronted this debt crisis that is a crisis of confidence as much as anything.

I would hope that the Administration would look at those push--that push by European governments, particularly that they faced in this recent debt crisis, that for most Americans saw that as a shot, a warning shot to us on the track that…

I think that would be a helpful thing if the Administration would really push on China to float its currency. I'm with Senator Schumer on that.

You have created this term 'jobs saved.' 'Jobs created and saved.' Now you've got well respected economists that believe this is a nonmeasurable number.

Cap and trade--even if you support the idea this is a bad time for it.

And it will drive energy costs up. Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities projects that it is going to drive up their energy costs 25 percent to their customers over a near-term basis.

I would hope, as well, you would push the trade agreements with Colombia and Panama, as job creators as well.

I am very pleased that the President set the November timeframe to address outstanding issues on the U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement.

Just don't tax and kill the other end of it in the process.