I would like to observe that this treaty encompasses fairly modest reductions in our strategic force. We are looking at ICBMs reduced from 450 to 420 and in some cases those ICBMs being reduced in terms of the number of warheads they are…

I was not in the Senate Chamber for the vote because I was traveling back from Oregon, where I had a previous commitment earlier in the day to participate in a major summit of the leading businesses and political leadership of Oregon…

I rise tonight to share some of my concerns about the package that has been negotiated between the President and the Republicans and has now been presented here on the floor of the Senate. First, I wish to emphasize the size of the…

We have American families who are hurting. They have lost their jobs, their retirement savings, the value of their houses. Let's have the plan that is best for creating jobs, not the plan that is worst for creating jobs.

I rise today to contrast the Democratic plan, plan A, and the Republican plan, plan B, and what they mean for the working citizens of the United States of America. Let me start by talking about the Democratic plan, plan A. It is plan A…

it is my privilege to rise to join with my colleagues from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Colorado in support of the New START treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. I bring a bit of a personal perspective, a bit of affection…

I have noted that the Democrats have laid out a plan that provides tax cuts for all Americans. But my good friend from Tennessee just noted he wants the version that has no increase on anyone. What he didn't explain--but I will--is that…

I also rise to talk about the importance of creating jobs and how the Republican plan is the exact opposite. We have on our desks this letter that was put forward that says there should be tax cuts for all Americans. Well, you know what…

it is a pleasure to rise to speak about the historic Food Safety Modernization Act. I thank Chairman Harkin, who worked with me to include provisions to help small farms and processors and organic farms so that they have before them in…

I applaud the work my senior Senator from Oregon, Ron Wyden, has been doing in seeking affordable, effective health care for all Americans and, in particular, his work to utilize our State laboratories in developing smart health care…

So it sounds like you would recommend spending that surplus to tackle these needed repairs, maintenance, efficiencies, and thereby we would also be creating jobs during this difficult period.

I think it is important to recognize that we are not just looking at the jobs we create by building and maintaining the infrastructure, but the jobs that we sustain and maintain through the low cost transportation opportunities that the…

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you all for your testimony today to highlight the importance of these projects.

By the Corps' own data, Oregon has nearly 200 communities and 24 counties with levees that will need recertification.

What I hear repeatedly from communities back home is that the Corps was able to provide this engineering certification far more cheaply, efficiently, and they are being forced into a far higher cost of solutions.

I can hardly go to a town hall and not have someone speak about the challenges to the community from the recertification process.

I am certainly not satisfied that we have a strategy to address those recertifications.

And with substantial energy savings as well.

I just wanted to clarify a couple of points.

I am completely dissatisfied. We will continue the conversation.

I think all the Members of this Committee have constituents who are in the modification process.

We all like things to be efficient and move quickly, get resolution for people, clarity for people.

We are much more worried about this than I think perhaps Treasury is, based on your testimony.

Did the safe harbor not provide enough protection to disconnect the foreclosure track from the modification track?

And that just cannot continue to happen, Mr. Chairman.