Marty Walsh

If it is done badly, of course, we offshore jobs.

There is I think on this full panel absolutely no support for the idea of offshoring U.S. manufacturing jobs.

By the Federal agencies' own analysis, not only when the current administration proposes to roll back fuel economy standards, not only are we having a pollution impact, we are actually losing jobs.

Can I just offer, a great Democrat Hubert Humphrey said a long time ago that he who throws mud loses ground, and if we could somehow get Members of Congress to think about that in relation to this institution. I don't know how you do it…

People are pumped up.

This was effectively the venture capital firm--or sometimes called the vulture capital firm--the venture capital firm of the U.S. Government.

It is a proven fact that corporations that have diverse boards of directors, gender and racial diversity, perform better.

This ONBoard initiative... was a way to get diverse directors into those private companies.

It really ended up being just going out there and shaking the tin cup.

These are first-time investors in the lunch bucket companies that make this Nation great.

You can always do more with less.

Forty-eight percent of SBIR grants generate revenue.

The Chair again wishes to thank all former Members of the House for their presence and this continuing commitment to this high calling of public service. Before terminating the proceedings, the Chair would like to invite those former…

The Chair announces that 34 former Members of Congress have responded to their names.

Mr. Whip, on behalf of all of my colleagues here in the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, let me say thank you for your loyalty to this group. You always come year after year. You share your wisdom. You give us a sense of…

The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished Democratic whip.

Mayor Walsh saying this is not a record he wants to break, but he's thinking it really might actually happen.

Yes. We -- there's a parking ban in effect now. Just like to ask everyone, please, if you got your cars on the main thoroughfares, get them off there.

Yes. I know that there's parts of a -- parts of Dorchester where I live, not my house but parts of the area in Dorchester that there's some homes that are on the water.

We have over 800 pieces ready to go on the roads. Generally in a snowstorm we have about 500 to 550, but for this storm we have 800 pieces ready to go in the streets.

So far so good. You know, it's picked up here. As you just said, it's getting really windy here, it's a lot -- there's a lot more snow.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:09 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at 10 a.m…

For the information of all Senators, the 10 a.m. confirmation votes on the Santos and Rose nominations are expected to be voice votes. There will be up to two rollcall votes at 2:30 p.m. on cloture and confirmation of the Saldana…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 11:42 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 15, 2014, at 10 a.m…

For the information of all Senators, there will be up to four rollcall votes at 5:30 p.m. on Monday on cloture on Murthy, if cloture is invoked, on confirmation of Murthy, and cloture on the Santos and Rose nominations. ____________________