Some of the misinformation usually does not start the cooperation going the right way.

this Chamber considered trade measures this week for the first time in about 4 years. First, and most important, the bipartisan currency measure passed by an overwhelming majority, 63 to 35. This action on China's currency is long overdue…

I rise to talk about our Nation's flawed approach to trade and its damaging effects on economic growth and job creation. Yesterday, this body approved three trade agreements that will do far too little to create manufacturing jobs here in…

I ask unanimous consent to speak up to 20 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would like to speak in opposition to these three pending free-trade agreements. The bills look like they are about this size. These are the actual implementing of the three free-trade agreements. But one of the bills, and not the largest…

We have heard from many of the Members of this Committee about the dangers a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to the United States, to Israel, and to the global community.

this is the same story. This is Panama's agreement, but Colombia's is even longer--hundreds and hundreds of pages of rules. I admire the Colombian people. They are our allies, but the Colombian Government not so much. Colombia remains the…

I say thank you to Senator Levin. Yes, I try to explain this. I was on some radio calls this morning with stations in Dayton and Cincinnati and all over the State, and the questions they asked were just that: Wait a minute, OK, I…

We need to hear from the Administration, and thank you for joining us, what you are doing to implement the sanctions.

The Government of Iran, as we know and as has been said, must not be permitted to obtain weapons of mass destruction, period.

In short, there are no good options if our efforts to pressure and persuade fail.

I rise to speak against this agreement. This, my friends, is the Panama trade agreement. There are 1,600 pages. If we want to get rid of tariffs and level the playing field, we would pass about three pages of tariff schedules and build in…

I thank the Senator. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I support ratification of the three free- trade agreements we are debating. They are long overdue, and they are important to job creation in this country. While we have waited around, these…

in an hour or so, the Senate will be voting on our currency bill, S. 1619, the bipartisan bill I am a prime sponsor on, along with Senators Schumer, Graham, and Sessions, and a host of other Senators in both parties, including Senators…

we are in morning business, right? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. ____________________

as September ended, so did Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. While it is important to set aside a month for special attention to this epidemic, we must not forget that childhood obesity is a year-round battle. The facts about childhood…

These programs allow deaf and hard-of-hearing students to gain valuable job and life experience as well as gaining a crucial understanding of how our government functions.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. I yield the floor.

I would like to share a couple of words from the Cincinnati Inquirer. This is the beautifully written Cincinnati Inquirer editorial about Reverend Shuttlesworth: He once told the Tampa Tribune it helped to have a ``little divine…

The fight for women's rights and fair pay and protections for the disabled, none of those fights were easy, yet in the last few years, we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the 75th anniversary of Social Security, the…

I appreciate very much Senator Sessions' comments, and even more I appreciate his work on this legislation. He was one of a couple of real key players in this legislation passing because he did such a good job of explaining to colleagues…

I rise today to honor Rev. Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, an American civil rights hero who lived much of his adult life in Cincinnati who passed away this week at the age of 89. I come to the floor in support of a resolution with Senator…

I appreciate the Senator's consistent push for fair trade policies. We have worked on Alabama's and Ohio's issues, from sleeping bags to steel. I appreciate that. The Senator said how important manufacturing is and that we cannot just turn…

I rise, first, to thank my colleagues, including the Presiding Officer, for supporting cloture today. It is the second major step in this body, passing the largest bipartisan jobs bill we have seen in this body in years. The bipartisan…

as the manager of this bill and the sponsor of S. 1619, I am, first of all, pleased with the bipartisan support we have seen. We have five Republican and five Democratic sponsors as the lead 10 sponsors and another dozen or so sponsors in…