our Nation's inadequate cybersecurity poses an ever-growing threat to our safety, our prosperity, and our privacy. Attackers go after our intellectual property, our national security, and our critical infrastructure. The McAfee Night…

to follow up briefly on the subject of leadership in Washington, perhaps the Speaker of the House could show some leadership on jobs by calling up the bipartisan--75 to 22-- jobs highway bill that passed this Senate, which is widely…

Yes, exactly. I have met with the Rhode Island road builders who are concerned about where the work is going to be and how much of it is going to get done. As I said in my earlier remarks, I met with the State director of transportation. I…

I consider that to be a completely false choice, and I think that in some respects the choice between security and privacy is also a false choice.

I just came from the Senate floor where I gave some remarks about the cyber threat that the country faces and my concern that we pass adequate legislation to actually meet that threat.

I am delighted to follow my colleague from Louisiana because I am rising this evening to talk about a bill she has put an enormous amount of effort into, and she has had a very significant role in the success of the bill that I am going to…

I very much appreciate the tenacity of the Senator from Louisiana on this subject. It is a characteristic of hers, but it is always a good thing to be her teammate and have that tenacity deployed on this side. I am delighted she is here…

on a late spring day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan addressed a group of high school students in Atlanta, GA. Many of the students in that audience that day were about to join the workforce, and President Reagan spoke about the…

I am advised to inform my colleagues that the first vote tomorrow will be at approximately 11:10 a.m. on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1789. ____________________

The structure of our bill is simple: If your total income--capital gains included--is over $2 million, you calculate your taxes under the regular system. If your effective rate turns out to be greater than 30 percent, you pay that…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, April 17, at 10 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of Proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

I ask unanimous consent that following morning business on Tuesday, April 17, the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to S. 1789, be agreed to; that the motion to…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I will be closing the Senate very shortly, but before I do I want to say a few words about a topic that came up today. Obviously, I was pleased that a majority of the Senate, indeed a bipartisan majority of the Senate, has just voted to…

many Americans sat down last week to prepare their taxes, knowing from Warren Buffett and others that the highest income Americans very often are paying a lower tax rate than they have to. The 400 highest income Americans, the most recent…

how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island has 3 minutes. The Republicans have 4 minutes.

It is my understanding there are no further speakers on the Republican side. If somebody comes, I will, of course, yield the 4 minutes. The latest report is that there are no further speakers until we move on to the judicial nomination. I…

it is interesting that my Republican colleagues tend to refer to this as a tax gimmick. It was referred to as tax gimmick week because we are considering having people earning a quarter of a billion dollars pay a rate equal to what a…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:19 p.m, adjourned until Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 10 a.m…

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I wish to take some time this evening to congratulate our Environmental Protection Agency and to thank them for the rule they proposed this week regarding new coal-fired powerplants. They have taken a certain amount of heat over this rule…

it is with great sadness but also considerable pride that I join Senator Reed today to honor the service of SGT Dennis P. Weichel, Jr., of the Rhode Island National Guard, who died 1 week ago today while serving our country in Afghanistan…

I would like to join my colleagues in trying to find a way to attach the Senate bill which passed this body better than 3 to 1, with a huge bipartisan majority, which is a good bill. It was paid for and had weeks of collegial work, back…

I ask unanimous consent to speak until I get a signal from the majority leader that he will seek recognition, at which point I will yield the floor. I wished to follow in the footsteps of Senator Landrieu of Louisiana and reflect my own…

I see the Republican leader is on the floor, and I understand there may be a unanimous consent that is propounded, and I can offer some remarks in the context of an objection and a counterproposal, if the minority leader would like to…