this is a story and a movie we see all too frequently in this Chamber and in the Congress--manufactured crisis after manufactured crisis after manufactured crisis. Here we are a few short days away from actually seeing the charter of the…

I think it has created controversy here, and as a result, the Kirk-Heitkamp bill addresses this very issue

Finally, obviously, there is a lot of concern--and I think the Chairman expressed some legitimate concern--about reforms.

I only have so much time, Mr. Hochberg, so do you think you can achieve a 25-percent target in this period of time that we have given you in this reauthorization?

This will cost U.S. exports, make no mistake, and the jobs that they support.

I today can say that I am elated that the Senate unanimously passed my legislation that would create a commission on the status of Native American children. This bipartisan bill, which was first introduced when I came to the Senate--in…

since March, I have been speaking on the Senate floor about the 198 North Dakotans who died while serving in the Vietnam war. But today I want to talk about something a little different. I want to talk about projects that were made by the…

The Kirk-Heitkamp bill actually does raise the target for small business from 20 percent to 25 percent and requires reporting.

We are hearing from people who represent an ideology that is free enterprise above all else.

That is outrageous to me.

There are obviously people here in the Congress who want to put a stake through the heart of the Eximbank.

we have got to reauthorize the Eximbank before the end of the year, or before the end of this month, or else we have crated a huge disruption.