I rise to speak about two bills that I am introducing today to address a serious and persistent threat to the integrity of our government: regulatory capture. Over the last 50 years, Congress has tasked an alphabet soup of regulatory…

I rise to speak about a serious public health issue in Rhode Island and to commend the EPA for its actions to address it. Rhode Island has the sixth highest rate of asthma in the country. According to our Department of Health, more than…

I would like to add a few words this afternoon about the ongoing negotiations on the Federal budget and on our rapidly approaching debt ceiling. I think we all agree that the situation we face is one of enormous importance and complexity…

I rise to make remarks on the introduction of the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act. I would like to thank Senators Sherrod Brown and Lisa Murkowski for joining me in this bipartisan effort, as well as the House sponsors…

One of the things I have been tracking is the share of wealth, income, and taxes at various percentages toward the top. The Senator was good enough to mention that the top 1 percent pays about 28 percent of the taxes, the top 5 percent…

I don't want to step on your colleagues' time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I am honored to follow my distinguished colleague from Maryland in this discussion about our priorities as we address the debt limit we are approaching. I think Leader Reid was wise to choose to cancel the scheduled Fourth of July recess…

That is why I think the loopholes need to be closed, and I thank the distinguished Senator for the colloquy. Exhibit 1 [From the National Review Online, July 5, 2011] Politics vs. Reality (By Thomas Sowell) It is hard to understand…

I would be delighted to do that. And I might actually throw in the data from the IRS that shows that the top 400 income earners in the country in the most recent period that they have actually gone back and done the calculation paid 18.2…

yesterday afternoon I spoke in this Chamber, and I quoted former Comptroller General David Walker saying that we as a country face ``large, known and growing structural deficits that could swamp our ship of state.'' To get our ship of…

I rise today to join again in the debate occurring in Washington on bringing our Federal budget into balance and facing up to our looming debt limit. Our Nation right now is like an overburdened ship wallowing in the seas. We are in danger…

our Nation asks a lot of our troops. In return, we must give them the best possible equipment to fulfill their vital missions and come home safely. We have a powerful obligation to them to ensure the proper performance of weapons systems…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I worry about that because my view is that the founders put the jury in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights in three separate places for a reason.

it is starting to seem a little bit as if a similar two-word prophecy could be applied to the United States Supreme Court's decisions, and that would be 'corporation wins.'

Senator Vitter was very eloquent a little while ago on how far behind we are on the stock assessments.

Thank you, Chairman.

Without BP paying for it at that point since they are not agreed. What sources of funding do you have?

And you have an account that allows you to pay the scientists and the folks who are doing the work in the meantime so that they are not carrying the cost of the government study?

with the unemployment rate hovering above 9 percent nationwide, and at almost 11 percent in my home State of Rhode Island, job creation must continue to be our No. 1 priority as lawmakers. It disappoints me that Republicans chose politics…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Whitehouse pertaining to the introduction of S. 1271 are located in today's Record…

I would like to discuss the IRS information that shows the top 400 income earners in the country who earned over a quarter of a billion dollars each actually paid taxes of 18.2 percent.

It is really important that I think people should pay their fair share.

I have said that we are on the losing end of the biggest transfer of wealth through crime and piracy in the history of humankind.

Senator Coons and I have a bill on our side, joined by Senator Graham and Senator McCain on the other side, to increase the penalties for military counterfeiting.