Iran is the backer and the banker of all the bad guys in the region.

We can each of us be more succinct because we agree with our predecessors.

I rise tonight to join what so many have spoken of tonight, which is our system of electing officials to various levels of government. In the case of the Federal Government we are always concerned about how that process plays out. We live…

I wish to commend the senior Senator from Louisiana not only for her work on this legislation but for her many years laboring in the vineyard, so to speak, on small business issues and job-creation strategies to help our small business…

I support passage of the 2012 farm bill, S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012. I have made it a priority to keep Pennsylvania's agricultural industry and our rural economies strong to support Pennsylvanian families…

I am calling up this amendment, which is very simple. It is about two things: First of all, it would increase the frequency of so-called dairy price reporting that goes on already. The Department of Agriculture does this reporting on a…

I call up my amendment No. 2238. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Casey] proposes an amendment numbered 2238.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require more frequent dairy reporting) On page 110, line 7…

ENDA represents one more important step to ensure that basic American values of fairness and equality protect all citizens in the workplace.

It's important to appreciate that companies that would be affected by ENDA passage routinely meet a number of Federal Government requirements to provide equal protection.

President Obama I think deserves enormous credit for turning the economy around.

We can't put America on the road to full recovery unless we all agree on tackling the huge budget deficit and debt America faces.

I look forward to Chairman Bernanke's report on the state of the economy and his perspective on additional actions that the Federal Reserve may take to strengthen the economic recovery.

Europe has clearly proven that austerity was the wrong policy to pursue during a recession.

Our transportation infrastructure is central to national competitiveness and the bipartisan bill that passed the Senate, with 74 votes, would create almost three million new jobs by accelerating infrastructure projects.

We have fiscal challenges to tackle in a bipartisan manner.

There are a number of bipartisan actions Congress can take right now to create jobs and strengthen the recovery.

the brave men and women serving our country in the military, the National Guard and the Reserves have sacrificed time away from their families, jobs and lives throughout Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Even upon…

We have got to get our act together as a country in our own permitting processes, in our own political will, and ability to produce our own energy.

What impact has the failure to ratify had on our ability to influence the actions on the Continental Shelf Commission and the international seabed activity?

This is a vitally important issue, and we are spending time on a subject matter that I think we sometimes don't do enough on in Washington.

If we can't access rare earth materials on the floor of the sea, we are going to be put at a significant competitive disadvantage.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 463, S. Res. 464, and S. Res. 465. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I rise tonight to speak about the war in Afghanistan. I have spoken on the Senate floor many times over the last number of years about the war. I have done so because I believe the American people and our servicemembers in the field…

I ask unanimous consent that at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2012, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 646 and 647; that there be 90 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form to run concurrently…