This amendment eliminates Essential Air Service when the average enplanements are less than 10 a day. There is no way we can afford, given our financial situation, to subsidize Essential Air Service for the airports that have less than 10…

this is an amendment regarding Essential Air Service. The amendment of Senator McCain is to eliminate Essential Air Service, which is basically a subsidy for people who have to drive short distances--not long distances--to the airport. But…

the Airport Improvement Program is a needed program but what we do regularly in the Airport Improvement Program is we are incentivizing the expenditure of moneys in a way that does not recognize the priorities of this country. The way we…

It is interesting. We have a nongermane amendment that is outside the bounds of the Constitution, doing something that is not the role of the Federal Government, that we are going to expand the cost at a time when we are bankrupt, and five…

I told Senator Leahy last night that I would be happy to lift my objection once my amendments were pending, and we can have a debate on his nongermane amendment.

I plan on sending a letter to Google. And with the authority that we have to subpoena, if they do not answer us, then I will seek my colleague and we will subpoena an answer to these questions since they refuse to come and testify.

I know there were a lot of false rumors about our bill last year, and I fought back on those.

I do not think the Bush administration did a good job on IP. I do not think this administration has done a good job in protecting intellectual property.

the Federal Government has $950 billion worth of property it is not using right now. We are spending $9 billion a year taking care of it, and we have a budget gimmick that says an agency that needs a new building, because we are going to…

First of all, let me thank my colleague from Alaska. As somebody who has been working on areas of fiscal management in our Federal Government for the last 6-plus years, this is one small step. Whether it saves $500 million or whether it…

I do not doubt that the intent of what was passed a year ago last December was well intentioned, with the thought of solving health care problems in this country. My experiences, as a physician for 25 years, and as a manufacturer in the…

the Constitution of the United States is an amazing document. Every day I appreciate the foresight of our Founding Fathers who knew that future Presidents, of any political philosophy, would seek to expand their power and try to impose…

the situation we find ourself in is that no appropriations bills came to the floor. We did not control that. If that had been under our control, I assure you they would have come to the floor--and they should. No matter who is in charge…

This bill hasn't even been through a committee. We haven't had the debate in our committee on this bill to know if it is the best thing to do.

Think about all the sources of food we get in this country. And the diverse places they come from and, yet only 34 people get a staph poisoning or E. coli non-toxigenic poisoning or a salmonella poisoning or a ursinia poisoning or a…

as we look at the bill we are going to be voting on today, it is an interesting perspective if you are outside of America looking at it. Here is what people are saying. You are going to stimulate the economy with a 2-percent reduction in…

The Gallup organization came out today with the latest approval rating on Congress. Do you know what it is? It is 13 percent. Thirteen percent of the people in this country have confidence in what we are doing and 87 percent do not. I side…

We are going to spend $136 billion more than what we planned to spend before this agreement was made. We have no opportunity under regular order to offset that with less priority, less important items. So we have an amendment for the…

Although the Subcommittee on Human Rights held a hearing on child prostitution this year, it did not fully explore the effectiveness of existing law and grant programs, and whether there are loopholes or problems that need to be fixed in…

I support the goals of this legislation and believe that slavery, in any form, is morally reprehensible. Sex trafficking is a global epidemic, and we should endeavor to eliminate this industry, especially due to its effects on minors who…

I thank the Senator from Oregon for recognizing the dire state of our economy and his willingness to offset the cost of this legislation. The U.S. national debt is now over $13.8 trillion and growing. As a result, it is irresponsible for…

I hope the American people are watching Washington right now. We are at a defining moment in our country. There is not anybody in this body who does not recognize that our country is on an unsustainable course. They know it. It is well…

Senator Harkin and many on the HELP Committee have worked hard on the bill that is before us. But it has fatal flaws, especially at a time when there is a $14 trillion debt and a $1.3 trillion deficit, and it doesn't fix the real problem…

I just want to show my colleagues the difference. One of the motions we will vote on on suspending the rules tomorrow is, here is S. 510, 280 pages of new rules and new regulations. Here is the alternative, which is one-sixth of that. This…

we have just invoked cloture on the food safety bill, and I think it is important for the American people to know what that means. That means we are going to spend another $1.4 billion of their money. No. 2, we are going to raise the cost…