It is my honor to introduce Bill Magwood.

I just want to mention one other thing that is important to Pennsylvania, not so much to Maryland.

The improvement of these roads is estimated to create upwards of 12,000 new permanent jobs and 20,000 construction jobs in these affected States.

I think that is the right answer. I think the industry expects that we are sort of doing this almost for the first time again.

We need to make sure that there is a very open process with all the stakeholders who are going to be impacted by that.

I have introduced legislation which I hope we will pass in this Congress. It would, I think, help us enforce the water qualities necessary in the Bay.

I just want to make sure we will have a chance for the answers to put in the record before we are asked to vote.

I do want to talk just a moment about the Appalachian Regional Commission because it is critically important to the western part of my State.

I rise today to express my support for the International Violence Against Women Act, introduced today by Senators Kerry, Boxer, Snowe, and Collins. I am proud to be an original cosponsor on this legislation simply because it has the power…

I am pleased to commend Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, for his years of dedicated service in the cause of advancing freedom of expression and media. An accomplished writer and journalist as well as a…

I applaud your tireless efforts to reform toxic chemical regulation and look forward to working with you on forthcoming legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act.

I rise today to call attention to a disease that is devastating to women nationwide. In 2009, the National Cancer Institute at NIH reported that cervical cancer was diagnosed in 11,250 women, and more than 4,000 women died from the…

I do want to welcome my constituent, Bill Boarman, to this Committee and strongly recommend his approval, his confirmation.

on January 27, 1945, the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, including Birkenau and other related camps near the Polish city of Oswiecim, was liberated by the Soviet Army. This week, people have gathered at Auschwitz and in many other…

I take this time to talk about former Senator Charles ``Mac'' Mathias who represented Maryland in the Senate for three terms and whose passing on Monday was a real loss for Maryland and our Nation. Mac Mathias was a true statesman in the…

I am introducing today the Boosting Entrepreneurship and New Jobs Act that I believe is desperately needed. I think it is very clear that our economy, which is coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, has turned a…

It is way too big, and we know we can't have a sustainable, fiscally responsible Federal budget unless we deal with the debt.

I firmly believe that the development, manufacture and wide scale deployment of innovative renewable energy technologies will be critical to long-term job growth in the U.S. and the recovery of the nation's economy.

I would clearly agree that we need to focus on our entire economy.

If we are looking at a sustainable budget, one could say the Federal Government could cut back on its commitments to pay for part of health care.

It certainly is a sobering analysis, and we all need to focus on this issue.

If we are going to have a level playing field, why won't the administration be more aggressive on the currency issue?

We are all going to keep the pressure on the larger banks to make small business loans, but it is going to be a struggle.

I want to get to the deficit, because everybody here has talked about the deficit.

I believe we have got to strengthen the SBA even more.