What Senator Gregg and I did is, in effect, go to American business and say, how much would you have to reduce these American rates in order to junk a lot of the stuff that you have overseas?

I think everyone appreciates colleagues supporting their legislation. I appreciate the Senator's kind words. I think he is right with respect to the relief, and colleagues will see that, whether it is the Heritage organization or the…

The other aspect of the Recovery Act, I think, that reaffirms this point with respect to the complexity is the Internal Revenue Service puts out what they call their annual ``oops'' list. This is the list of the 10 most common mistakes…

the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are taking a huge toll on our servicemembers and their families. To date, 123 Oregonians have died in those wars, leaving behind grieving friends and families. I'll never forget the pain I've heard in the…

I will always fight with every ounce of my strength for the people of Oregon and the folks whom I have the honor to represent. I do not exactly come to the floor of the Senate looking for gratuitous, political, counterproductive fights…

the classification process, which is supposed to protect national security, really ends up being designed to protect political security.

I intend to work very closely with Chairman Bingaman and Senator Udall.

I am particularly concerned about the overly cozy relationship between the industry and the Government.

unless there is a tough, enforceable ban on this revolving door, there is no way I am going to support this proposal next week when we vote.

I want to see the revolving door restrictions written into the law.

I think there ought to be some ground rules on this stuff, some ground rules that have real teeth.

I do believe that we need to put into place a revolving door ban, and my own view, it ought to be a 2-year revolving door ban.

I want to see strict limits on MMS employees going to work for companies that he or she regulated.

We must reform the process to ensure efficiency.

I very much support your agenda, Mr. Smith, and what you are talking about.

I think your bill will certainly promote that and we thank you for that.

This is all about getting to scale production, and it seems to me we have just got to get more players into this.

To me, instead of going out and picking these winners and losers, you ought to target a variety of different types of electric vehicles.

It is long past time to drain the safety swamp that has become the Minerals Management Service.

I strongly believe that this bipartisan bill is the right approach for Southern Nevada.

Senator Reid, with the support of Senator John Ensign, introduced this bill to stop the development of the proposed 640 acre gravel pit.

I do not believe that this specific project is appropriate for this location.

Let us toughen up the conflict rules, particularly as it relates to the revolving door.

Let us follow up on it, Mr. Secretary, and particularly look at this one that I cited involving March 1, 2010.

I think there is a general consensus now that the emergency response has not been adequate.