it is my honor today to introduce the Success in the Middle Act of 2011. This bill recognizes the role of the middle grades as a tipping point in the education of many of our Nation's students, especially those who are at risk of dropping…

I am honored to join my senior Senator from Rhode Island, Jack Reed, today on the floor of the U.S. Senate to honor the brave service of SPC Dennis C. Poulin, who died of injuries sustained while serving his country in Afghanistan…

I rise to speak about the Cyber Security Public Awareness Act of 2011, which I have introduced with Senator Kyl. The damage caused by malicious activity in cyberspace is enormous and unrelenting. Every year, cyber attacks inflict vast…

I appreciate the difficulty of that choice, and I appreciate the courtesy both of the Chairman, Senator Lieberman, and the Ranking Member, Senator Collins, in allowing me this time.

I have introduced the Regulatory Capture Prevention Act to create an office within the Office of Management and Budget that would investigate and report on regulatory capture wherever it may appear.

I complimented you on the intensity of the effort you put into getting the Recovery Act funding out into Rhode Island.

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 6:41 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

I am informed that we will debate the long-term CR tomorrow morning and vote as soon as we receive the papers from the House. There will be three votes which will be in relation to the two correcting resolutions regarding health care…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 14; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Committee on Finance reports the nomination of David Cohen to serve as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury, the nomination be referred to the Committee…

later this week, we will consider a spending measure to fund the United States Government through the remaining 6 months of this fiscal year. While the majority leader is on the Senate floor, I want to thank him, as well as Appropriations…

One of the solutions that we have proposed in Rhode Island is to put tolls on I-95 to generate some of our own funding since the Federal funding is insufficient for these purposes.

I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 135. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the title of…

Unfortunately for the Ranking Member, Oklahoma is one of the three States that has a higher percentage than Rhode Island of structurally deficient bridges.

I will just thank both of you for your interest in improving regulation for the American people and how best to regulate.

People may disagree about particular cases, but I hope that we can all recognize that powerful special interests have a constant interest in capturing our regulatory agencies.

I am watching carefully to see that.

If that money should go away or be reduced in any way, we would see further cuts in already damaged victim services.

there is no reason that they should be bearing the cost here.

The Victims Fund is victims' money, and that is where it should be going.

I have heard the same thing that you have, that the reduction from $6 billion to $1 billion is an accounting adjustment and would not have immediate effects in the actual expenditures that are available to the victims of crime group in the…

This is an exciting week for a Rhode Island company because on Friday in Shenandoah, Iowa, they will be opening a very significant bioprocess algae plant that is a, creates kind of a wonderful tableau.

I find it interesting that we think it is corrupting for a corporation to give me money which I then use to buy ads, but not corrupting for the same corporation to buy its own ads through Citizens United.

I would be happy to have it apply across the board.

I wanted to ask Mr. Cloud and Mr. Neslin, when Deputy Administrator Perciasepe was here, he said that companies that used diesel in fracking and did not seek a permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act would be in violation of that Act.