I rise today to speak about something that I think we should all be able to agree on; that is, every American--every American worker--deserves a fair shot to get ahead. One of the great things about our country is that has been a…

I had the opportunity earlier this week to have a dinner with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, we met with some officials with the Department of Defense.

Senator Leahy asked to put a statement in the record which we will do without objection.

I see the new standards as a value proposition for our Nation.

We want to work with all of you to continue moving forward, build on best practices, be able to support and tackle the things that we are still needing to tackle to make sure that all schools are successful because in the bottom line we…

we talked about national security, we talked about global security, and the need that we see for that global security, especially in Europe with regard to the belligerent moves of Russia.

We would like very much to work with you on options.

We were saying back in the anteroom I think we want to do a hearing on school nutrition every week.

Obesity in young children has more than doubled in the last 30 years.

Good morning, and we are very excited about this hearing and welcome to each of you for coming.

Yes, Senator Stabenow, deep fat fryers are obsolete.

if you want to move your plant, if you want to move the company overseas, we are not paying for the move; we are not going to allow you to write off your costs of moving out of this country.

I come to the floor today to join with Senator Walsh from Montana as he is leading us in the effort to pass the Bring Jobs Home Act, which is pretty basic in terms of where our values and priorities are in terms of our tax policy. I know…

one out of five Medicare dollars goes to the treatment of Alzheimer's, one out of five Medicare dollars.

the number-one cause of death of women in this country is heart disease.

When you work with Senator Isakson on health reform, you are running with the right crowd.

And it should not be that hard. It should not have been that hard.

while there are a lot of things that folks want to talk negatively about in the Affordable Care Act, because we have the Affordable Care Act, there are no more preexisting conditions.

there are no annual or lifetime limits on the number of treatments that you can receive.

I too wish to pay tribute to a great industrialist who became an even greater philanthropist, a passionate protector of our Great Lakes, and a dear friend, Peter Wege, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. A man of profound faith…

The fastest way we could help right now is to lower the student loan interest rate.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for your incredible leadership.

Nothing beats people having enough information.

I am shocked to hear that all of that is not being made available.

It is our job to make sure you get a fair shot to make it.