I rise today in strong support of the Small Business Innovation Research Act. I congratulate and thank our distinguished chair, the Senator from Louisiana, for her leadership and advocacy for small business. I was pleased to join with her…

We can help do that by purchasing with the Federal Government. We can do that with the $7,500 credit.

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee and our ranking member and those who are working very hard on a very important jobs bill today. On behalf of the people of Detroit, the people of Michigan and Senator Levin and…

Last year, Congress passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to address the abuses in these markets.

I fought to ensure that the bill preserved the ability of American farmers, co-ops, manufacturers, utilities, and businesses to use derivatives for legitimate business purposes.

I come to the floor with the hardest speech I have ever made, to pay tribute to Sean Patrick McGee, a member of my staff who passed away suddenly over the weekend at the very young age of 26. There really are no words to describe the…

Sixteen million jobs, that is the estimate of the total number of Americans who have a jobs because of American agriculture.

I wonder if each of you or whoever would like to respond could talk a little bit more about the larger impact that we see in rural communities from increased incomes.

16 million jobs come from American agriculture and we look forward to working with you to make sure that our farmers have every opportunity to succeed.

Even though the number of farmers are in decline, agriculture has had a tremendous impact on the overall economy.

I am very proud to welcome our colleagues, new colleagues as well, to the Committee.

Agriculture presents more than 70 billion dollars for our economy each year and represents one out of four jobs in Michigan.

I rise today to introduce the Charging America Forward Act, based on similar legislation I offered last year, to drive innovation and advance vehicle manufacturing and to lower costs for consumers when they buy these great new cars and…

we all know that small business is the engine of the economy. This amendment will address a burdensome regulation we have all talked about. We need to repeal an unnecessary, burdensome provision in the law that would require 40 million…

first, I want to congratulate Senator Rockefeller and Senator Hutchison for their leadership in putting together what is such an important bill for 280,000 jobs that are saved or created as a result of this bill, and focusing on our…

I appreciate very much what you are focusing on. It is tough. There are things that we know we need to do.

I think it is really important if we are not going to repeat mistakes that have been made before that got us here.

We need to get into the game and play to win.

I need to know that there are sufficient resources available to make sure that stopping the Asian carp is a top priority for the administration.

I would argue that, unfortunately, the spending in the 8 years in the previous administration was not focused on those things that create innovation to create jobs.

I would just answer, as the person who had the legislation to completely fix the doc fix, or what has been called the sustainable growth rate problem, which does not work at all.

I was proud in 1997 to cast a vote with many of my colleagues to balance the budget for the first time in 30 years under President Clinton and very dismayed that we are right back in a worse position now and we will dig our way out of it…

My concern is that we are now hearing with the new majority in the House that, again, deficits only matter when it is things that affect middle-class families.

It is critical, I think, that the Fed and other regulators help banks, community banks, take full advantage of the lending initiatives.

We should, at a minimum, recognize that the model we are relying on is not working.