The projects we will be working to reauthorize under WRDA are exactly the kinds of investments that will help put Americans back to work.

Well, I was afraid to apply. I wasn't sure I would get in. The second point, on a more substantive matter on this debate, is that I wish to point out the requests that were made for waivers between 2000 and 2009 were from the final…

They said we couldn't get MAP-21 done. We got MAP-21 done, and that was the leadership of Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe recognizing the importance of surface transportation reauthorization to our national economy.

I think the reauthorization of WRDA--it has been 5 years, it is critically important we get this done.

These are the kinds of projects we are here to discuss today.

first let me thank you for holding this hearing and underscore the importance of the WRDA reauthorization.

I reserve the right to object. Under my reservation, let me first thank my colleague from Utah for bringing this matter before us. But, like him, I was in the Congress in the late nineties when we passed the TANF law. I remember being part…

I am proud that this body was able to put partisan differences aside and work together for the good of the American people.

I very much appreciate my friend Senator Hatch, and we are good friends, and I very much appreciate the point he makes. I do need to correct at least two points. One, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh undergraduate, not law…

I ask unanimous consent that Freny Dessai, Sarah Butler, Talitha James, Amanda Sellers, Bryan Watt, Daniel Lind, and Daniel West, staff of the Finance Committee, be granted the privilege of the floor for the duration of the consideration…

first I note Senator Grassley is on the floor and I thank him for the courtesy of allowing me to go next. I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Farm Bill

I take this time on behalf of Maryland farmers. They are hurting, along with many farmers around the Nation, because of the devastation from the drought. I am talking on behalf of the poultry farmers. As the Presiding Officer knows, in the…

I thank Senator Enzi for his patience in allowing me to speak for a few minutes in regard to the 11th anniversary of September 11. I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I rise today to join my colleagues in commemorating the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001. The tragedy of 9/11 is forever seared in our Nation's consciousness. The attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia were intended to crush…

It is my understanding that not all the power plants are necessarily in full compliance with those requirements.

Let me thank Senator Boxer and Senator Carper both for your extraordinary leadership on this issue and related issues.

You have a responsibility to do everything you can for safety, and this Committee has a responsibility on oversight, and we work together.

I want to question another potential danger that was recognized several decades ago and the Commission took steps then by issuing regulations.

I wish to thank Senator Gillibrand for bringing this to the attention of the Senate and the American people and to thank Senators Rubio and Durbin for being here. It is hard to believe it has been 40 years since that tragic event in which…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3510, introduced earlier today The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3510) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Con. Res. 56, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk…

it has been 2 years since Congress passed legislation that provided for transparency in the mineral industry. It was a provision that was included in the Dodd-Frank bill. It was included as an amendment on which Senator Lugar and I worked…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the matter be printed in the Record as if read…

I rise today to speak about the devastating impact the drought gripping nearly 80 percent of the country is having on food producers. Fewer natural occurrences are more devastating to agricultural production than extreme drought. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…