Rob Portman: “Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to start, if I could, by asking unanimous consent (UC) to put something in the record…”

I am here on the floor to congratulate my friend from North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. We go back a few years. He is from Winston-Salem, where my wife is from. Our spouses actually waitressed together back in Winston-Salem during high…

We have cause for us to legislate more in this area, generally.

We recommend that to help reverse bird declines the Joint Ventures be allocated $20 million.

One-time debt forgiveness eliminates some of the burden on those who are carrying debt, but it’s unfair to everyone else who will have to pay for it.