I appreciate efforts at consultation, getting out input. However, having said that I think having a major announcement and a major committee hearing today with the complete lack of detail that we have quite frankly was a big mistake.

I am one of those folks, very concerned that overall this so-called stimulus bill is just a long laundry list of Washington big government spending programs, not anything focused or disciplined that will really create jobs in the short…

There is no overarching strategy or model that we are using with this huge amount of taxpayer funds.

The program itself within Government, within Treasury and elsewhere, really has no clear rationale or clearly defined mission.

It is important in terms of how firms that get this money use it, whether they use it properly, whether they abuse it in any way.

Before we start voting in a little less than an hour, I encourage all colleagues to look seriously at and to support the Vitter amendment which will be voted on tonight. The Vitter amendment is an attempt to start the important work of…

To the casual observer, it really seems like decisions are made on the fly about giving particular companies particular amounts of money.

The establishment of AFGSC will clearly align nuclear operational units under a single command and demonstrates an Air Force commitment to the nuclear deterrence and global strike missions.

Secretary Gates, I understand that Eighth Air Force and ACC have made a number of changes as a result of the transfer of nuclear-armed cruise missiles from Minot, SD, to Barksdale, AZ.

let me again underscore that it has been clearly demonstrated that project labor agreements, union-only project labor agreements, do hurt women and minorities and also hurt women- and minority-owned businesses. They are often shut out or…

as the distinguished Senator from Illinois said, this election was supposed to be about change. Yet his speech is eerily reminiscent. It is exactly the same speech that was given on behalf of giving the Bush Administration a blank check a…

I was delighted to visit with Lisa recently, talk about many challenges she will confront in EPA.

Yesterday, President Bush announced that he was sending to Congress formal notice regarding use of the second half of TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program. As you know, under that legislation, which Congress passed over my objection…

Just this past December 19, they made a substantial contribution to the foundation and that same day, the president of the foundation was indicted for obstruction of justice related to terrorist financing.

Another similar example, Assam Fares, former Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon. He's a big supporter of Hezbollah.

I really do think this poses a lot of real and perceived conflict issues.

Isn't that, to use a common phrase, just ass backwards? $15 billion and then later after that's out the door we'll see a detailed restructuring plan?

I rise to speak on the housing bill before this body now and to speak about an important omission from the managers' amendment that is before the Senate. This is just one piece, one narrow issue, but it is an important one that will affect…

I only say to the distinguished Senator, if the majority leader would come to the floor and guarantee amendments on the substance of the bill, on the train to New York and the Davis-Bacon provision and down the line in terms of all those…

I have townhall meetings all around Louisiana on a very regular basis. At these meetings we discuss a number of crucial issues facing all of us. Lately, of course, it has been dominated by sky-high gasoline prices and the need for a…

today I stand to recognize Army SGT Eric Moser, the son of Ken and Karen Moser of Lake Charles, LA, and to commend his courage and service to our Nation and his brothers in arms. On May 22, 2008, Sergeant Moser was awarded the…

in the year 64 A.D., there was a tremendous fire in Rome, and legend has it that the Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Well, I am afraid that if we continue to fiddle in the Congress while gas prices continue to go up and up and hurt…

I rise to discuss this very important climate change legislation and amendments I would have brought to the Senate floor for consideration. Now, unfortunately, I said ``would have brought'' because this entire process has been…

Switching from coal plants to natural gas will drive job loss, particularly in the chemical and fertilizer industries. The chemical industry is extremely important to my State. Over 100,000 chemical jobs have already been lost in the last…

In these townhall meetings, gas prices--the price at the pump--was not the first question that always came up. It was the first eight questions that always came up. In fact, of all of the discussion I had in all of these townhall meetings…