Couldn't we go beyond a freeze and make some reductions, because it really does open the question as to why this office should have 149 personnel dedicated to criminal enforcement actions when most of the activity is 98 percent…

I don't dispute that. I think that, obviously, the results of the reports speak in themselves in terms of what happened in our region.

Is there a reason for such a significant reduction when we're looking to actively pursue alternatives with clean energy?

The interesting part about all that is whether or not it would allow compatibility of all these different activities.

I commend you for the proposal to include in your budget the consolidation of all the climate research services under one umbrella.

I hope, though, that the focus could also be placed on the maximum yield and maximum harvesting on the part of the fishermen.

I rise in support of H.R. 4, to repeal the mandate on small businesses throughout this country. The failure to repeal this onerous mandate of the 1099 requirement would have a profound impact on millions of businesses across this country…

today I wish to honor one of my Small Business Committee staff members and trusted advisers, Alex Hecht, as he prepares to depart Capitol Hill for the private sector. Alex joined my office in March 2005--6 years ago--as regulatory counsel…

Well, can you tell me how many new employees have been added as a result of this?

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 681 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I would like to get to the heart of these administrative costs.

I hope this new autonomous budget sends a clear signal that regardless of the Administration, Advocacy will remain independent and fully equipped to handle the myriad of challenges that lie ahead.

Have you identified specifically what resources you need to be a regulatory bulldog?

Agencies ought to be able to justify their regulations.

We have got to reverse this because it creates a perverse incentive within the agencies.

I think it would be quite enlightening because I have a feeling that a lot of agencies do not.

I could not agree with the Chair more on this core issue that goes to the heart of the difficulties so many small businesses are confronting in America.

The burden is on the small business community, frankly. And it is a disproportionate burden.

I wish to discuss an amendment entitled ``the Greater Accountability in the Treasury Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2011.'' As ranking member of the Senate Small Business Committee, it is my responsibility to ensure that small…

I rise today in support of the Selecting Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success, SECTORS, Act, which Senator Sherrod Brown and I are introducing. This legislation would amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish an…

I rise today to join with my good friends and esteemed colleagues, Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Senator Barbara Boxer of California, as we honor a compatriot of ours from the House of Representatives, an electoral trailblazer…

I rise today to submit a resolution calling for women's rights in North Africa and the Middle East. Following weeks of tumult and protests in this area of the world, I could not be more honored to lead my 16 female colleagues in the United…

I am very pleased to join the chair of the Small Business Committee to address the pending legislation before the Senate, which is so essential to helping to revitalize our economy and most especially the small business sector that is…

I rise to introduce legislation with Senator Merkley that will provide the President of the United States with emergency powers to aggressively reduce the Federal Government's demand for energy. The Strategic Petroleum Demand Response Act…

I wish to join my colleague, the chair of the Small Business Committee, to further elaborate on some of the key issues regarding the pending legislation before the Senate to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small…