I want to assure her that I am firmly on the side of those who think that you should enforce the Clean Air Act as the law requires.

I rise today to speak about the America Invents Act of 2011. As we all know, innovation, hard work, and ingenuity long have been the fuel of the American dream. This bill will make much needed improvements to our patent system to unleash…

When we are this far behind in terms of where we should be, I think this particular definition of infrastructure is pretty hard to debate.

I very much hope that we come to a day soon when on a bright, clear, summer day, we are not hearing on the radio that today is a bad air day in Rhode Island.

The fact of the matter is, when you look at the data, the reports have shown that the Clean Air Act saves about 160,000 lives a year.

I would just urge you to reconsider the value, particularly the leverage value, of these investments.

I think EPA has reported that we are $600 billion in infrastructure deficit for clean water and wastewater treatment.

By now, it should be clear to everyone that better disclosure is desperately needed.

I contend that America is on the losing end of the largest transfer of wealth through theft and piracy in the history of mankind.

It is textbook science, it is not a theory in that sense. It is fully established and virtually unchallenged.

I would urge you to not mimic the ostrich that puts its head in the sand and look to the facts around you.

I think that the theory that the executive branch can't act or decide or respond to reality until Congress has directed it to is a mistake.

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.

The amount of carbon pollution that mankind has released into the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.

I wish to speak to this amendment which makes it a Federal criminal offense to target an aircraft with a laser. The prevalence of this activity has increased enormously. According to the FAA, there were 2,836 instances of lasers aimed at…

I am in strong support of Senator Levin's effort to repeal the enhanced tax form 1099 reporting requirements enacted in the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. Since passage of the bill, I have heard from hundreds of Rhode…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me just begin by saying again how much I appreciate your leadership on this issue.

it reinforces how vital Social Security and Medicare are to our safety net and to assuring that Americans have a decent standard of living in their old age.

I rise to speak in support of this amendment I have offered with Senators Kirk, Boxer, Durbin, Casey, Menendez, and Schumer to secure aircraft cockpits against lasers. This commonsense and bipartisan amendment would protect passengers and…

I agree with you. But here we are dealing with people who are required to file for bankruptcy.

I am delighted to be joined by the Judiciary Committee's Ranking Member, Hon. Chuck Grassley, who I am very much looking forward to working with on these issues as we go forward.

I look forward to working with him and to have my staff work with his staff on helping to resolve the issues.

I want to first of all thank our Ranking Member, Senator Grassley, who is an extraordinarily distinguished member of this body.

I intend to treat you and our new Republican member, Senator Lee, should he come, as if they were because I think it is a fait accompli, and we might as well yield to common sense.

I can assure you--and I bet you that Senator Franken and Senator Blumenthal can do the same--that the foreclosure problem does not exist in anywhere near the dimensions that it does in the general market when the bank is still there.