My view, as expressed repeatedly, is that the National Institutes of Health are the crown jewels of the Federal Government--perhaps the only jewels.

I have sought recognition to submit a resolution reauthorizing the John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program. This Congressional fellowship program, created in 1992, is a fitting tribute to my late colleague and dear friend, United States…

a lot of money to be saved by research; tremendous amounts of money to be raised by research.

last year's funding was disgraceful, at $772 million.

This amendment would extend the steel industry fuel tax credit and make minor technical corrections to ensure that the steel industry will continue to recycle the hazardous waste called coal waste sludge. The recycling process which…

So the stage is now set where we have gridlock on the issue of comprehensive health care reform. In this situation, we have had the bills passed by both the House and the Senate, and we are now looking to use reconciliation, a procedure…

On many occasions, the majority leader has been compelled to file a cloture petition, which is well known on this Senate floor. I don't believe it even has to be explained to C-SPAN viewers, even though it is technical and arcane, because…

So what we have here, essentially, is gridlock created by the composition of the two Houses of Congress. We have a situation where not one Member on the other side of the aisle voted in favor of the health care bill. In the House of…

What will matter is getting the votes to push this through and what I thought was a hopeful sign for this president was that after this speech one of the Senators from Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter, came out and reiterated that he's still on…

I think there was a warning from Arlen Specter as well, because he said that he thought the president was very fiery today, very strong, but he said he wishes the president was this fiery back in the State of the Union, two months ago.

He said he wishes the president was this fiery back in the 'State of the Union.' Two months ago.

I have sought recognition today to introduce the Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 2010. This legislation provides a private right of action for domestic manufacturers injured by illegal subsidization and dumping of foreign products into…

I think it is a technology which is expensive, but I think it would be worth it.

Thank you for accepting the position in the administration to provide a breath of bipartisanship.

a very important project in Pennsylvania is the Mon Valley Expressway, and it connects Uniontown... to the city of Pittsburgh.

Thank you for jogging my memory on it.

This amendment would create a loan guarantee program to maintain the domestic manufacturing capacity for shipbuilding. With the U.S. economy still struggling to recover, manufacturing investments can have an immediate impact. Manufacturers…

the Mon Valley Expressway is really of critical importance to southwestern Pennsylvania.

I think that Pennsylvania ought to be getting more on the next round of disbursements.

Thank you for liberating it.

It's the kind of legislation that I would favor and would be inclined to introduce.

We're talking about a figure of $600 billion. Is that realistic, from the point of view of the administration? I hope so.

I'd like to get that worked out, at the staff level, so we can figure out to----

I wrote you, back on December 23, asking you not to reprogram the money.

The Mon Valley Expressway is really of critical importance to southwestern Pennsylvania.