I ask unanimous consent that the period for morning business be extended until 6:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). Without objection, it is so ordered…

I rise today to introduce the All- American Made Flag Act, on this 234th celebration of Flag Day in our Nation, On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress first adopted a flag for our new country, bestowing a meaning to the stars…

for over a week the Senate has been debating the Economic Development and Revitalization Act of 2011, which would reauthorize funding for existing programs of the Commerce Department's U.S. Economic Development Administration through 2015…

I thank the Senator from California, and I thank the Senator from South Dakota also for his indulgence. I will be no more than 10 minutes. I listened to Senator Boxer. This EDA issue is important for job creation. I know when it comes to…

The focus of the Administration and a major component of our focus on job creation should be about veterans and what we can do in that direction.

We can, I think, perhaps more in this Committee than in any other, send a powerful bipartisan message that veterans issues are more important than partisan politics.

We are having a major fight in Ohio right now, a political fight on the whole idea of collective bargaining for public employees.

People that support taking away collective bargaining rights forget that when people are talking that there is actually less animosity and less anger and more resolution.

Thanks to an amendment by Senators Sherrod Brown, Bennet, Franken and Mikulski, the Bureau will include a Private Education Loan Ombudsman.

for the last couple weeks, I traveled to senior centers from Toledo to Youngstown to Columbus to talk with seniors and health professionals about the threats facing their Medicare benefits. We owe it to our children, we owe it to our…

this month marks commencement season at our great colleges and universities across Ohio and the Nation. I have had the honor of speaking at a few this year--Owens Community College, Ashland University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law…

Agriculture is still, as it is for most of us, the most important, largest industry in our State.

I mean, it is kind of like you do not want to rock the boat.

I mean, Jim, you hear these stories. Colonel, you are hearing these stories. I mean, what is up? I mean, where is the breakdown and what can we do?

So basically, there is a complete lack of communication----

The goal is to be seen much sooner.

There was no one, through the DOD or any VA or any other, your unit, nobody that--because you were still with a unit, technically.

I would appreciate you letting us know what it is, and if we are having a similar situation like Tim, we can continue to try to work through that.

I understand, also, when your mom--I know your folks, they wanted to come down and they did not have a checking account and the DOD requires, for reimbursements for travel, to have a checking account.

yesterday the Senate conducted a procedural vote on whether it would begin deliberation on S. 1038, the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011. Due to inclement weather, my flight from Cleveland returned to Cleveland, and I was unable to…

We can get our heroes the care and coverage and treatment that they need.

That is why last month I introduced the Stop Trafficking of Pills Act, which would establish a Medicaid lock-in program for Ohio and nationwide.

Simply put, prescription drug abuse, as the Chairman said, is the fastest-growing drug problem in the Nation.

I appreciate the words of the Senator from Nebraska about these trade agreements. I take them at face value. I know he means well. I know he believes these trade agreements help the American people. I also know every time there is a major…

I appreciate the courtesy of the senior Senator from Virginia who is about to speak. I will be brief. I wish to applaud the President today on his comments and the administration's comments, especially the comments of Trade Ambassador Kirk…