I, too, am impressed with the nominee and will join you in trying to move his nomination forward for as expeditiously as possible.

The answer to me is to discipline them from abusing sick leave regardless of what they were doing.

with unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent, and consumer confidence plummeting, we must take action now to help put Americans back to work. Our Nation's job creators have been telling us for some time that the lack of jobs is largely due to a…

I am delighted to hear that you will be an advocate internally as the budget is put together.

The Administrator must work to improve these statistics, which represent loss and pain to American families.

If you are confirmed, would you pursue any policies that would prevent employees of the U.S. Fire Administration from volunteering during their free time?

To me, the fire service ought to be the lead in that area.

America's firefighters play a vital role in the security of our Nation.

We can be proud of this progress.

in the aftermath of September 11, Americans found strength in each other and in our common values. At a time when polarization and division seem to characterize the public debate on many of the important issues confronting our Nation…

the best way to send a strong message is to start conditioning the funding.

I am very concerned that with the withdrawal of our forces and the shrinking of our civilian presence as well that we're creating a vacuum that Iran is rushing to fill.

the Secretary of State must certify that Pakistan is cooperating with U.S. efforts against the Haqqani network and other terrorist groups.

I think it would be the height of irresponsibility for Congress to allow that kind of indiscriminate, automatic cuts to take place, particularly since it so disproportionally affects DOD.

It troubled me when it was included in the debt package, and I had a hard time deciding to vote for the package because of it.

Let me join the Chairman in thanking the Commission members for their report and the two authors of the legislation that established the Commission.

I rise today to recognize the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law. Today marks the end of the 60-day waiting period following notification to Congress that the necessary certifications were made by the President, the Secretary of…

last month's dire economic news is a call to urgent action to get America working again. In August, our Nation produced no net new jobs. Productivity fell. Home sales fell. Construction spending fell. The manufacturing index declined…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to proceed for 15 minutes in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 1538 are…

Wouldn't that impose even more pressures on newspapers?

I just do not understand why the Administration continues to say that it does not have the authority.

But, Mr. Berry, that $6.9 billion pales in comparison to the $55 billion that Mr. Levy described.

He says that the Postal Service is on the brink of default, a year from now will not be able to meet its payroll and carry out its operations.

Well, I am very concerned about what the impact would be on weekly newspapers in particular.

If you do away with Saturday delivery and you have a Monday holiday on top of that where there is no delivery, then it seems to me that the newspaper is completely out of date by the time that it arrives.