I rise today in strong support of The Violence Against Women Act. This consequential measure reauthorizes a landmark federal law and, once the Senate has finished a free and open debate including a full range of amendments, we should pass…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to support a one-year extension of the Small Business Administration, SBA, 504 loan refinancing program that was originally authorized in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This bill would allow small…

I rise support of my amendment, which has been modified in consultation with the managers of the Postal Reform bill, S. 1789. I am very pleased that both Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Minority Member Collins have agreed to accept my…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, was modified, as follows: (Purpose: To require the Postal Rate Commission to evaluate…

very briefly, first I want to thank the chair of the committee and my colleague from Maine, Senator Collins, for working and assisting me in modifying this amendment. I thought this amendment was important from the standpoint and based on…

I call up Snowe amendment No. 2080 with a modification at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modification? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The…

The business of when rural state senators talk about rural people or poor people in far-off places and people say, 'Oh, well, they're just, you know, pandering to their constituency,' is really not at all the case.

I think we've pushed real hard on, as Senator Nelson said, broadband, and through the stimulus package, which some people say, 'I never want to see the likes of that again.'

I rise today in light of last week's celebration here in the Senate, to recognize the truly historic and remarkable accomplishment of my good friend and colleague, Senator Barbara Mikulski. As we all know, Senator Mikulski just last week…

Creating a seat for SBA at the President's highest table is a signal to our fragile economy that America's small business will, in fact, drive our nation to full recovery.

Senator Snowe has supported us; we are grateful for that support.

Obviously I gathered that everything contributed to the real estate devaluation in those zero years in which there was no subsidy rate by the taxpayers.

I was raising that question because of the Inspector General's report that did a review, an audit of SBA, and indicated that the SBA did not refer more than 5,000 eligible co-borrowers and guarantors to the Treasury for cross-servicing and…

I think it is really important for us to do everything we can to collect every dollar to the extent possible.

As you can see in the chart, there is a tremendous growth in subsidies and that is the concern.

We want to provide a pathway to entrepreneurship for those who are inclined.

I appreciate that. Thank you.

The issue of subsidies is quite substantial. I think that that is what is troubling, and obviously we have to get to the heart of that matter in terms of what is driving it and whether or not that is as accurate as it could be based on the…

I couldn't be more pleased as well as privileged to join all of my colleagues today in congratulating a very good friend and colleague, the dean of the women of the Senate, Senator Barbara Mikulski, on overtaking Congresswoman Edith Nourse…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3606, Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011, or JOBS Act, that passed in the House with 390 votes. The components of this legislation have received…

it has now been more than 890 days since the last long-term surface transportation bill, SAFETEA LU, expired. And what has Congress accomplished since September 30, 2009, when it comes to crafting a new Federal policy regime for our roads…

I do not believe that, in the near term, the Senate can correct itself from within. It is by nature a political entity and, therefore, there must be a benefit to working across the aisle.

I would like to respectfully call on you both to lend your strong support to the Marketplace Fairness Act.

I rise today, at the onset of Women's History Month, along with my colleagues Senators Gillibrand, Landrieu, Bennet, Shaheen, Mikulski, and Murkowski to introduce the Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act. The purpose of…

It just seems to me it is a crucial obligation of NOAA to provide that service.