I thank my colleague from Montana. I thank him for his willingness to work on this together. This was not an easy process. Let's be honest, a lot of people would like not to tighten up the workplace requirements. There are people on all…

I rise today to talk about the immigration bill that is before the Senate this week. We just had a vote on the Corker-Hoeven amendment. I wish to talk about why it is so important to fix our broken immigration system, but also about a…

I rise today to talk about a couple amendments that I hope will make it on the Landrieu list. I think they are entirely consistent with what she has talked about; that is, amendments where there should not be any controversy, where we can…

we are debating the immigration bill again today, and as the Presiding Officer knows, I am one of those Members of the Senate who believe our immigration system is broken, both the legal system and the way in which we want to deal with…

The ranking member of the Finance Committee, member of the Judiciary Committee, I was told I could speak even before that, but then the majority leader came out to the floor to do some important business, and I was put back. I have about 5…

I would like to join in the debate on immigration reform, and I think my colleague from Utah who just spoke makes a couple good points--one on the substance of the legislation and the need for us to be concerned about what the eligibility…

The White House has repeatedly stated it is working hard to, and I quote, 'minimize regulatory burdens and avoid unjustified regulatory costs.'

In my view, again, it is a job that is much more important than most people realize because it affects the economy in very fundamental ways.

I strongly supported that. I think it is a good idea. It is a house-cleaning exercise.

Would you be willing to commit today to work with those of us in Congress who are proposing legislation in this area to try to improve the economic analysis by independent agencies?

would you be willing to commit to track on reginfo.gov the results of the look-back so there is more transparency?

If confirmed, can you improve on that record in terms of minimizing the burden of regulations on our economy?