while the 15 million are no doubt pleased, as I am, that Majority Leader Reid pulled PIPA, they are waiting to see if we will now retrench into the old ways of doing things--the old way where Senators went behind closed doors and wrote…

I think that is a reasonable request. Senator Moran and I, who have teamed up on Internet policy, wish to speak for a few minutes, if we could follow each other. We plan to be brief. The Senator from Illinois will be brief. Is that…

unless Congress enact meaningful Medicare reform in the near future, seniors will be faced with inevitable cost shifting and eventual benefit cuts until Medicare doesn't look anything like the program does today.

The next rollcall vote will be on Monday, January 23, at 5:30 p.m. on confirmation of the Gerrard nomination. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn and convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business conducted on the following dates and times, and that following each pro forma session the…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:33 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at…

I understand cloture has been filed on the motion to proceed to the PIPA legislation. As one of the bipartisan group of Senators who strongly objects to proceeding to this bill, I believe it is important to begin to outline the very real…

over the last 10 months, I have been working with a diverse group of people in my State on ways to get healthier food and more local agricultural products to consumers throughout the country. Our group included folks from every part of the…

today I am pleased to introduce legislation to expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area and expand protections to Oregon's iconic Rogue River and its tributaries. I am pleased that Senator Merkley is joining me in this effort, and that…

I consider that one of the areas where the administration needs to have a much more vigorous approach.

At what price is the Department going to conclude that the impact on our consumers and our businesses is not going to be in the public interest?

I want to see the administration put more of a focus on the question of energy affordability and energy sources being affordable for our people at a time when they are just getting hit so hard in the economy.

I ask unanimous consent for the pending amendment to be set aside, and to call up amendment No. 1160 and amendment No. 1253 en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill…

I ask unanimous consent that Joel Garrison, a defense legislative fellow in our office, be granted floor privileges for the consideration of these amendments. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

this first amendment has previously passed the Senate, and it would solve a problem created by the lawyers at the Pentagon who, in effect, at the last minute on a critical issue for eastern Oregon pulled the rug out from under our…

today I am being joined by my colleagues Senator Bingaman and Senator Collins on the introduction of the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2011 or the STORAGE 2011 Act. The purpose of the bill is to promote the…

never in our Nation's history has the American military relied more on National Guard and Reserve servicemembers than it has in the last 10 years. More than 800,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves have been called to active duty…

soon the Senate will vote on the Hutchison resolution that, as the Presiding Officer said very eloquently, would overturn the decision of the Federal Communications Commission on what has come to be known as net neutrality. The bottom line…

I rise today on behalf of myself, Senator Carper and Senator Casey to introduce the Startup Technical Assistance for Reemployment Training and Unemployment Prevention Act of 2011, or the STARTUP Act. This bill would allow unemployed…

I come to the floor today to talk about creating more good-paying jobs in America and how tax reform can play a key role in job creation if it is done right. As we all know, no Member of Congress has a piece of machinery on their desk that…

I ask to speak in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Exports in the United States are going to make natural gas like the oil market. That's why I'm concerned about what these price hikes could mean for our businesses and our consumers.

I think policymakers ought to be doing what Chairman Bingaman and Senator Murkowski are doing here today which is try to get the facts.

I want to get into a little different area, gentlemen. I come to this debate really with 2, sort of, fundamental principles.

First, I've been a strong supporter of natural gas. Will continue to be.