It's just not fair. I'm proud that we're making efforts on the family housing.

What is the status of the negotiation with that company?

I ask unanimous consent for the period of morning business to be extended until 3 p.m., with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING…

I've served on this subcommittee now for about 8 years, and it's been a high priority of several of us on this subcommittee.

I think it's been very positive.

I appreciate everyone's cooperation in trying to help us move the SBIR bill through the Senate this week. It is a very important bill. Hopefully, we can get back on that bill officially this afternoon as the leaders are negotiating about…

I think this is something that both Senator Snowe and I feel strongly about, and we are going to pursue it.

we realize we have far to go.

It's very important. Whether it's for homeland security or drug interdictions, or hurricanes, for that gulf coast region to have that kind of protection and reach.

the Federal Government does not put people to work. Entrepreneurs put people to work.

I'm glad to see we have won.

the bottom line is our nation's revenues and spending are vastly misaligned.

On March 26, 2011, after 12 years of battling multiple myeloma, our country lost one of history's political trailblazers, the Honorable Geraldine Anne Ferraro. Ferraro served as a Congresswoman for the 9th District of New York from…

I would like to commend Secretary Shinseki for innovative use of a contingency fund for veterans medical services.

This is going to be a high priority for this Committee and I know Senator Snowe shares my passion for this issue of eliminating all regulations that are unnecessary, burdensome, and harmful to small business.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 29, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the…

I think the American people deserve, when they purchase a ticket from an airline, they get one bag that they can check and a carry-on item in that ticket price and they absolutely get a seat and a glass of water.

We want terrorists to go elsewhere. We do not want business people and tourists to go elsewhere.

Thank you so much for holding this hearing.

Thank you and the Appropriations Committee for what you are doing to help improve the visa process.

I want to also strongly object to the 35-percent cut in Science and Technology because, clearly, this is an area where we need more science, not less.

I want to associate myself again with the remarks of Senator Paul and Senator Collins on this issue.

This cannot be done on the cheap, and it has to be well resourced and well focused.

We have had the most honor air flights of any State, and I am so happy to hear that.

Can you please explain what a passive reactor is and why it is or is not considered safer than the boiling water or pressurized water reactors?