I would like to compliment the Senator from New Jersey for this amendment. I think it is common sense. I think it accomplishes so many objectives. No. 1, it helps people with real problems be able to get back on their feet, maintain home…

this is a very interesting bill on the floor. It is really three bills. It is the Agriculture appropriations, Commerce-Justice-Science, and the Transportation-Housing bill. Our colleague, Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, spent a good part…

We have an order that has been established. I can understand the Senator from Michigan wanting to rebut. How long does the Senator from Michigan wish to talk?

Then we will go to the Senator from Colorado for his comments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

We are alternating back and forth, so we will go to Senator Sessions and then Senator Udall.

We have set aside the motion to recommit offered by the Senator from Utah; however, I wish to rise in opposition to his motion. This is all about budget-speak. It is really hard to follow between budget authority and expenditures, et…

I oppose the McCain amendment and OMB's recommendation. Trade adjustment assistance is an effective and modest program, and it is only $15.8 million. The average grant is $75,000. From 2006 to 2010, it has helped over 830 firms and created…

I rise to comment on the amendment of the Senator from Texas. I am chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science, and we fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. I will comment on the amendment. Before I comment on…

I rise to oppose a pending amendment, the amendment offered by the Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain, and that is amendment No. 740. This amendment would eliminate any funding under the Economic Development Administration for trade…

I am pleased to present to the Senate the fiscal year 2012 bill to fund CJS appropriations; that is, the Department of Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies. I wish to thank Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell for bringing…

I rise to introduce the Save Our Postal Worker Jobs Act. Even with advances in technology, America relies on the Postal Service for everything from notes to family back home, birthday cards, medicine, tax returns and absentee voting. The…

There's a tendency to either ghettoize or want to feel sorry for people, and so much has changed.

I believe that the digital world, the digital economy has changed everything, providing opportunities for people.

Senator Mikulski was talking about the changing labor force and how policy is still reacting to a previous design of labor.

Born-again do-gooders.

we've got to do some out-of-the-box thinking here. It's not are you for regs or against regs, you know. We are for smart regulation.

it's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when.

I think we need to look at it.

I think it's a form of murder.

We've got to get real. We've got to get serious, and we have to have a sense of urgency.

What we need to do is work to minimize the opportunities for something like that to happen again.

Do they feel that this has this heightened urgency? And has this been moved up the chain of command while we're looking at the supply chain of drugs and counterfeit drugs?

This is an international problem, so it is not only for us.

I rise in opposition to the amendment to the America Invents Act offered by the Senator from Oklahoma. I, along with my fellow members of the Appropriations Committee, share the Senator from Oklahoma's goal of ensuring that all fees paid…

I do believe inspections are incredibly important. I think they should occur.