So it wouldn't seem, to me at least--and I am wondering about your opinion--to be an unfair conclusion that what is going on is not a dispute about which amendments or how many amendments, even the subjects of the amendments, but that they…

They were not an attempt to improve, modify or help small business but were to simply get us off the subject?

Isn't it true that yesterday or a day or so ago, when we did the Citizens United bill, the minority leader was complaining that the leadership was getting off the subject of small business to go to some other subject? It would seem now, at…

I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by my good friend from Colorado, Senator Mark Udall. Credit unions across the country are currently restricted in the amount of lending they can provide to their members for business…

I thank the leader for yielding. First, all votes cast in this body are important, but it is rare that a single vote can so unmistakably reveal whose side you are on. Make no mistake about it, with today's vote, we are picking sides, and…

We have never heard such falsities. The other side, first, talks about free speech and talks about how corporations have the right to free speech. The Constitution now guarantees that after Citizens United--and our bill does not get in the…

I would hope that you internally would importune the powers that be to do so, as I am doing externally.

I have introduced legislation to try and get the Federal law enforcement agencies to develop a comprehensive northern border counternarcotics strategy.

The ability to obtain records of past transactions is absolutely essential, whatever the method of payment or communication.

Well, it is legislation I am looking into, so I am glad you are positively disposed to at least exploring it.

We are not expanding--or impinging on anyone's privacy rights.

I have sponsored a bill--this is a nice bipartisan note with Senator Cornyn, my colleague on the Judiciary Committee--that would require purchasers of prepaid cell phones to present ID.

I rise today in strong support of S. 3628, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, otherwise known as the DISCLOSE Act. We must not forget why we are here today. In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme…

I rise in strong support of the bipartisan amendment to the small business bill offered by Senators Landrieu and LeMieux. The amendment would make $30 billion of capital available to community banks across the country, incentivizing them…

The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.

BP, of course, got the contract shortly after his release. I think that's a pretty good case.

In short, it looks like our economy is in need of additional help.

The effects of long-term unemployment, which destroys job skills and demoralizes those who suffer from it, has the potential to create serious long-term problems in our Nation.

The devastation brought by the financial crisis is still with us, and while output has begun to grow, it is not growing rapidly enough to replace the millions of jobs lost during this crisis.

Thank you very much, Senator Shelby.

We in the Congress need to do more to spur job creation.

The tax cut we proposed passed the Senate with 70 votes and became law as part of the HIRE Act in March.

We were very big fans of the Schumer-Hatch, the HIRE Act, and that we thought that a jobs tax credit was something with very good job bang for the bucks that are on the line.

Today America heard the sad news that George Steinbrenner, one of Major League Baseball's most influential team owners, died at the age of 80. I rise today to express my condolences to George's family and share my intention of offering a…

The official unemployment rate remains unacceptably high, 9.5 percent. But if you are one of the 15 million Americans who are out of work, the unemployment rate feels more like 100 percent.