Thousands of American families are trying to re-up their student loans for the new academic year and finding out, to their horror that the rates have doubled.

It is not a matter of whether the Senators agree or disagree with President Obama's nominees, it is that they won't even put them up for a vote so we can have them considered.

Mr. Andrews said it was his view that the bill introduced last Congress did not apply equally to union certification and decertification.

I am not sure what the official count is, but I think we are still in the neighborhood of 8 million to 9 million unemployed people in our country officially, and that is the number one problem in the country as far as I am concerned that…

There are five witnesses in the hearing, four of them are on one side of the question, one is on the other.

I deeply respect the authors of this amendment and respect their effort to try to balance competing concerns, but I respectfully believe that they've struck the wrong balance. One concern that I have here is that money is fungible and food…

I thank my friend for yielding. There is more agreement here than meets the eye. I think everyone in this Chamber agrees that no person who is a dangerous threat to the people of the United States should be released. I think most people in…

I thank my friend for yielding. Nothing in this amendment in any way impairs the relationship between a Christian or Jewish or other soldier or servicemember and his or her faith leader. Nothing. Nothing in this amendment impairs the…

I thank my friend for yielding. First, let me say that I think we all agree that our servicemembers who served us at Guantanamo have done a tremendous job and have brought great honor to our country. We thank and respect all of them. I…

I think virtually everyone on our side of the aisle in this Chamber would agree that if the President wants to submit a treaty, he has to follow the Constitution to get it approved. I think all of us should agree that if the President…

I share with the author of this amendment the goal of clarifying and strengthening the time-honored writ of habeas corpus for all American citizens. But my concern is that sometimes by omission we limit people's rights. This amendment is…

I thank my friend. The way to solve this problem is to emulate the example Chairman McKeon and Mr. Smith have given us: have a fair, transparent, open process; debate the issues; make some difficult choices. There are other difficult…