At that time I think 'weapons of mass destruction' referred to the Soviets almost exclusively in the possibility of a nuclear attack.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for this hearing and for our previous one, where we had the opportunity to speak with some of your colleagues in closed session.

I'd like to join you, Madam Chair, in welcoming those here today and tell you thank you for your service and for those who serve under you.

I thank my colleague from North Dakota. He makes great points about the need for us to use our resources at home on energy and for us to expand exports because that immediately creates jobs in this country. He has done it. As a Governor…

I thank Dr. Barrasso. I appreciate the amount of time he has put into this regulatory issue and the relief small businesses need on the regulatory front. It is obvious he is out talking to businesses, and it is directly related to jobs…

I thank my colleague from Texas. He is absolutely right. When we look at the budget deficit and the debt and the impact it is having on our economy today, it is clear we need constraints. Forty-nine States have a balanced budget…

First of all, I thank my colleague from Tennessee for helping to promote this idea. Again, we are looking to reach out to Democrats in this Chamber, in the House, and working with the administration, to actually get this done. We need to…

I thank the Presiding Officer. Madam President, as I said, we are also joined by Senator Cornyn of Texas. I am going to ask him in a minute to say a few words about the jobs plan. The input he has put into it has been terrific because he…

I thank my colleague from Tennessee. I happen to have the answer to his question. Yesterday--he is correct--we did propose a jobs plan, which is a series of commonsense proposals to get our economy back on track and create jobs across our…

A lot of it comes out of the work that Senator Bingaman and Senator Murkowski have done over the years.

We need to create incentives for these people (after appropriate security checks) to want to remain in the United States.

Well, again that concerns me greatly, not just because it happens to be in Lima, OH, but because again it has this incredible workforce and capability that you can't suspend temporarily.