the airwaves in New Hampshire were flooded with ads from essentially anonymous, unaccountable special interests. I think the question we all should ask and certainly voters across this country should ask is, Who is really paying for these…

I rise today to join with my colleague and fellow member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, to introduce the Recovery Through Building Renovation Act of 2010. There is enormous…

today I introduce a bill, the Innovation Inspiration school grant program. This legislation will give high school students in New Hampshire and across the country access to non-traditional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…

Even though we understand the nominee may not be one who is supported by all of the Members of our party, we still believe she is qualified, and we will support her.

I am very pleased to once again be able to come to the floor and speak in support of the confirmation of Elena Kagan to be the next Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I think the hearings they held on her nomination revealed three things…

I am here to join my colleagues to again talk about why it is so important that we pass this small business jobs bill that is before us. I so much appreciate the leadership of Senator Landrieu to try to get this bill through. She has…

I hope we will finally be able to pass this commonsense legislation that will help small employers and entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and to hire new workers. While we have seen some signs that our economy is beginning to recover…

I am pleased to be on the floor this afternoon to join the Senator from Louisiana, who has been such a champion for small business in America, to support the proposal that is before to address an issue that I have been hearing about in New…

I voted against TARP because I did not think we ought to be doing that. I think this is not another Wall Street bailout, that this is an effort to help small businesses. I would just like to ask Senator Landrieu whether she agrees with me…

Today, hopefully, we will finally extend unemployment insurance to those who can't find a job in this difficult economic climate. Our next task is to help small employers and entrepreneurs grow their businesses and hire new workers. That…

I am pleased, though frustrated, like my colleagues, to be here this morning on the floor to talk about the critical need to extend unemployment insurance. Across the Nation, there are almost 15 million Americans who are out of work, and…

I also understand that the intent of this section is not to create any inference that minimum capital requirements are the appropriate standard or safeguard for the council to recommend to be applied to any nonbank financial company that…