as we search for solutions to our twin challenges in the housing and energy sectors, we should pause to celebrate, remember, and learn from the life of a legislator who brokered solutions to these very same problems more than 30 years ago…

It is time to just move past the politics and just get down to business because the people need it.

I am here, obviously, to talk about the Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act of 2010.

You have a very great responsibility.

I am hopeful that between the 3 of us, we can potentially come up with a solid bill.

But the issue here isn't any strong desire for us to engage in retribution against anybody or any class envy. The situation is this, and let's start with this chart. This is a percentage of estates subject to tax. The estate tax, which the…

more than 57,000 Ohioans--that is about the size of Elyria, OH, or Mansfield, OH, or twice the size of Zanesville, OH--more than 57,000 Ohioans are estimated to have lost unemployment benefits since the extension ended in May 2010, a month…

I rise today to honor the legacy of Dr. Robert Smith, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, which is celebrating this year its 75th anniversary. Dr. Smith, commonly referred to as Dr. Bob, was a prominent surgeon in my State in Akron, OH…

I want to talk about something else. I sat here, as did the Presiding Officer from Illinois, who was a strong supporter of passing this legislation that again failed because of the Senate's anachronistic, outmoded requirement of 60 votes…

By misclassifying workers as independent contractors, companies avoid withholding income taxes and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes.

the Senate will soon vote on the American Jobs Act--a critical bill that would create jobs and help expand small businesses. It would close the tax loopholes that allow far too many large corporations to move jobs overseas. In doing so, it…

It is time that we had rules that were enforced that are fair to everybody.

It is not a union/nonunion issue. It is enforcing a level playing field.

We are from the Government. We are here to help you.

The whole view of the Bush years on voluntary compliance is Wall Street will police itself.

I understand the concerns of Senator Enzi that he has expressed and Senator Isakson and I assume Senator Murkowski.

But they are still doing private work.

The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938, and with some exceptions, there has been a consensus in this country around labor law.

I will start with Ms. Gardner. Would you talk about the financial estimates, the estimates of tax revenue, what this will mean?

The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act (EMPA) would amend the FLSA to require employers to keep records.

I have a great concern about Iran, and I find that their nuclear ambitions are more destabilizing than actually us getting a handle on the U.S.-Russian relationship.

I stand here a bit incredulous about the comments of Senator Durbin, the assistant majority leader, about the oil industry and Republican opposition to simply making them pay for potential problems they cause. I say I am incredulous, but…

The report outlined a number of critical smart growth and livability ideas that we are already working on.

Half of heart-related deaths in the United States are caused by a hard-to-diagnose condition called sudden cardiac arrest, SCA. Different from a heart attack, SCAs are caused by an electrical problem in the heart that, once triggered…

We do not necessarily know how to manage shrinkage, and that is something that this legislation that Senator Schumer and I have worked on will do.