I come to the floor of the Senate to say to my colleague from Kentucky: Let the unemployment bill go. Let's free the unemployment compensation bill, the bill that will fund COBRA health insurance benefits and put people back to work…

I think we have to solve the question of, How does the Defense Department cover its needs in solid rockets if NASA goes ahead with what I consider to be a very ill-considered decision on the part of the President?

The OCRP has funded research on important questions such as defining bio-markers that could be fundamental to development of a blood test for early-stage disease.

We want to work--today, this is not the environment to have this conversation.

I was so proud of what Senator Leahy did, and I really bring this to the attention that Senator Leahy, with his leadership as the Chair, your work in Haiti, that we take special attention to that.

I rise to speak about the current state of affairs in the Washington Metro and why we need to bring about change. The Washington Metro, America's subway, is in trouble. I fear for its safety. I fear for its operational reliance. I fear for…

I worry about compassion fatigue, not of our country but of allies.

I had the great honor of being with him in Mozambique where he had created a low-tech but highly effective industry.

People are angry and they are anxious. They are worried their middle class way of life is slipping by. They are worried about their jobs. They are worried about their pensions. They are worried about the cost of everything from health care…

We do not want to add to the cynicism of dysfunction. We do not want a techno-Katrina here.

This program I believe is not stimulating the economy. It's simply more Government spending that is forcing our Nation further and further into debt.

So thank you. Thank you for the management, thank you for the metrics, and thank you for the efforts that are being made.

I'm getting calls from my Chamber of Commerce. We've got this co-op, just bursting with the desire to create jobs in the installation of rural broadband.

broadband is their tool to expanding private sector jobs.

If I had spent 200 hours--it's just a stunning amount of time.

We're actually going to be on time with this hearing, which is--Congress needs to take its own admonition for speed sometimes.

the wisdom of the President said that as we move ahead we will not only do infrastructure in roads, but in information superhighway.

the No. 1 issue is creating jobs for the country.

Doesn't that function like a triage system, things that look like a dog from the very beginning?

This is as comprehensive as a Federal highway system. We would never ask Department of Transportation to do it this fast.

Will in the hell this create jobs and do it over the short run and the long haul?

people are angry and they are anxious. They are worried their middle class way of life is slipping by. During the last several months as I listened to people they had very clear messages. First, ensure the solvency and stability of…

I believe that we must look at this not only as the responsibility of the local jurisdictions--Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC--but also as a Federal responsibility.

I am proud to sponsor Senator Mikulski's National Metro Safety Act (S. 1506) to establish Federal safety standards for America's transit systems.

There have been 11 metro deaths this year.