Mr. President, I am here today not only to salute these great Americans but also to talk about the urgency of bringing the issue of Wall Street reform to the Senate for open debate and final passage. We have weathered and witnessed the…

Mr. President, I rise today in support of the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. I know Lael personally. She is a renowned expert in international economics, a dedicated public…

Mr. President, we are here to move forward on extending unemployment benefits, which is long overdue. They expired April 5. We have thousands and indeed hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens across the Nation who need this…

Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator's objection. Additionally, I appreciate his consideration in allowing me to speak. Let me conclude. We have a huge debt at the moment. I think if you look at the major contributing factors of that…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Stabenow. We are here to attempt to extend unemployment benefits for a brief period of time so Americans do not get caught up in the expiration of these benefits on April 5. This has been a repeated struggle…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. Let me take 1 or 2 more minutes. That is extremely thoughtful. I thank the Senator. We have an opportunity to act today, and we should. The proposal is to go ahead and to extend through the…

Mr. President, on April 5, the extension that was recently voted for extended unemployment compensation benefits will expire. We need to at least provide for a temporary extension while we await the resolution of a much broader piece of…

Madam President, even though we have made an extraordinary advance in health care reform, we still have millions of Americans who are without jobs and in need of unemployment insurance. We are in a situation that requires action. Early…

Mr. President, I had the great privilege of observing Senator Dodd as he stepped into the breach for Senator Kennedy and did an extraordinary job--hour after hour after hour--listening to the comments, the suggestions of both sides of the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 24, 2010, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

First, I wish to begin by recognizing the extraordinary leadership of majority leader Harry Reid, Chairman Baucus, Chairman Dodd, and Chairman Harkin to get us to this point. Commonsense and cost-effective health care reform is now the law…

Mr. President, I join my colleague and friend Senator Whitehouse in paying tribute to an extraordinary American, an extraordinary Rhode Islander, George Panichas. Senator Whitehouse, with eloquence and obviously great feeling that I share…