Joseph T. Burns: “The Senator is correct. The Bureau of Land Management currently does not have the mechanism in place to implement a…”

today I join Senators Domenici, Bingaman, Talent and Dorgan in sponsorship of legislation instructing the Secretary of the Interior to develop an oil and gas leasing program for Lease Area 181, located 100 miles off the coast of Florida in…

I have a letter in support of my amendment from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I ask unanimous consent that the letter in support of this amendment be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed…

because I support innovation and continued economic growth, I am pleased to announce my cosponsorship of S. 627, the Investment in America Act of 2005 sponsored by my colleague Senator Hatch. With a permanent R&D tax credit, companies will…

I will assume I was next in the queue. I thank the chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture for bringing this conference report up. You know, I just want to point out to the American people that even though the total of this bill is…