The recession won't truly be over until Americans seeking work can find jobs.

The problem is the last indicator that hasn't improved as much as we would like is access to capital, and that is what this is about.

Solving the small business credit crunch is nothing short of essential to our economy recovery, so we have to get this right.

If small businesses are the economy's backbone, then capital is its lifeblood.

Congress has already taken some steps to get credit flowing to small businesses.

Yesterday I introduced two bills designed to incentivize small modular reactors, one of the most promising areas in the future of nuclear power. One-third the size of today's plants, small reactors are cheaper and take half the time to…

This week is National VA Research Week, recognizing 85 years of VA medical research. Since 1925, the VA has led the way in cutting-edge medical research, turning ideas into discoveries and into innovations which have improved the quality…

I continue to hear my friends on the other side of the aisle refer to the stimulus bill as a failed policy, apparently in the belief that if you say it over and over again it will be true. But it's not true, not by a long shot. Last year…

The American people have demanded that Congress begin working together to solve this Nation's problems, and we have done just that. On Monday, our friends across the Capitol, in the other body as we say, passed their version of the jobs…

I want to talk about western Pennsylvania and what Jack meant to western Pennsylvania, his home region and my home region. A lot has been said over the past few weeks, and certainly tonight, about the impact that this 'giant of the…

I think it is appropriate today to take a look at what was happening 1 year ago today. A year ago today, the budget deficit was forecast by the Congressional Budget Office for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, to be $1.8 trillion…

That is right. And as we have continued to talk about the key issues to balancing our budget have to be paying for any increase in expenditures or decrease in revenue. And the gentleman talks about his surprise to hear that people would…

The first decade since they started keeping the statistic on job growth over the course of a 10-year period. The first time we went through an entire decade and did not have a statistically relevant increase in jobs. Went an entire decade…

It's a mistake and I think it's beneath the White House to get in a tit for tat with news organizations.

First, lessening our dependence on foreign energy sources is not just an economic challenge, but a question of national security.

R&D grants are critical to their businesses and essential to innovation.

Whenever our nation has bounced back from previous downturns, the key ingredient has always been the same: innovation.

The time has come in southwestern Pennsylvania to implement commuter rail.

I want western Pennsylvania to participate in the new era and enjoy the benefits of increased and expanded passenger rail service.

States must have the right to regulate competition to ensure that business interests do not trump patient safety.

Social Security is the bedrock upon which all retirement planning in the United States has got to rest.

And the reason this is an important issue is because it affects everybody. It affects every individual. It affects every family. It affects every business in America. Health care is something that we all need, and health care is something…

Tomorrow we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. While it's tempting to think that there could not possibly be anything original or profound left to say about Lincoln, that's not why we commemorate this…

to paraphrase an old NFL films episode, there are 31 teams in the National Football League, and then there are the Pittsburgh Steelers. By winning their NFL record sixth Super Bowl this past Sunday, the Steelers have now truly gone where…

Last weekend marked the 64th anniversary of the signing of the original GI bill by President Franklin Roosevelt, which honored the service and sacrifice of our World War II veterans and launched millions of families on a course to…