We need to eliminate that kind of confusion. The Speak Up bill will make our laws more clear and help us get to the crimes we need to stop.

If you had the opportunity to enact a Federal law today that did three things, what are the most important three elements of that legislation in terms of what we can do to prevent this from happening again?

If you have been abused, tell someone . . . get help!

I also ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise this afternoon to speak about an issue we will be voting on today and we have been discussing and debating now for a number of days. We are into our second week of debate about a cut in the payroll tax. Just by way of review--and so…

what is about to happen is we are going to be taking a vote on a measure that got 20 votes last week--this same vote. I don't know what the vote will be today, obviously, but this is an exercise in futility to vote on this again. What we…

I rise today to speak about Computer Science Education Week, which began on December 4, 2011, and continues until December 10, 2011. This celebration includes events in my home State of Pennsylvania that advance the teaching and learning…

I would like to express my support for the Menendez amendment, which passed 100 to 0 and would sanction the Central Bank of Iran. I was proud to be an original cosponsor of this important legislation. The Islamic Republic of Iran has…

I rise to speak about the issue of the payroll tax and the tax cuts we are trying to enact, very similar to what we did last year when Democrats and Republicans came together at the end of the year, right before the holiday season, and…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The point of this letter is very simple. I won't read the whole letter, but here is the pertinent part of this letter from the Social Security Administration. We estimate that the projected level of the OASDI and DI Trust Funds would be…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Casey pertaining to the introduction of S. 1944 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on…

I am here to speak about legislation I am introducing today that will prevent a huge tax hike from hitting working families across America and in Pennsylvania. As the clock continues to tick down, it is imperative we come…

this Middle Class Tax Cut Act is very simple. It does two things for employers and also helps employees. Last year, the Senate came together in a bipartisan bill. We passed a tax bill that, among other things, reduced payroll taxes for…

I rise to speak about the issue of job creation and also supporting our small businesses and strengthening our economic recovery. One of the fundamental questions I have been asked in Pennsylvania-- and I think most Senators on both sides…

the problem with this proposal--and I hope we are reaching the point where we are actually coming together in a bipartisan way--is that it does not help small business. What we should be doing is cutting the payroll tax in half for…

I ask unanimous consent for an additional 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Chair. Let me talk for a moment about the legislation. The legislation before us, as I said before, would both extend and expand the payroll tax cut that is in place right now. First of all, for employees, we cut it in half. So…

There is a sense of urgency here or there is, I think, a greater sense of urgency that a lot of people feel in our country.

I am a cosponsor of what Senator Menendez and Senator Kirk are trying to do.

I think it is finally more apparent to people across our own country because of the assassination plot, because of what the IAEA reported recently.

I call up three amendments. The first amendment is amendment No. 1215, the second is amendment No. 1139, and the third is amendment No. 1140. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, the clerk will report. The bill…

I ask unanimous consent to set those three amendments aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I firmly believe that members of the public must have access to the information contained in annual consumer confidence reports, which are required by the Safe Drinking Water Act's right-to-know provisions. For the past 11 years, the…

I would first of all like to thank Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain for their work on this national defense authorization bill, and tonight I will speak to an amendment I filed. I will not call it up for now. I just want to speak…