Because of the jobs are a part of the incentive, but the salient point is that because of the moratorium it is impossible for us to have a conversation about revenue sharing.

Without question I think the opportunity to provide financial incentives to the States to get involved in this project would be very important.

I certainly see your point. I was just saying that the generic classification of employers, generically speaking, as spies, harassing, and threatening creates an environment or a culture that seems to be inconsistent with most of the…

the NLRB is not designed to be an extension of the President's team.

the goal of the NLRB should be to become neutral arbiters.

While revenue sharing is important, we need access to new areas to lease for the promise of new revenues to be meaningful to those of us in the Atlantic OCS.

I think the incentives that we already see for the potential revenues and the jobs that would be created are obviously there already.

I think it would only be appropriate and fair if the Atlantic States got the same 37.

Unfortunately it seems like unless we do it legislatively, the Atlantic may never be included in the next 5-year plan.

I rise today to express my opposition to the nomination of Thomas Perez to be Secretary of Labor. Given our relentlessly high rate of unemployment over the past 55 months and stagnant economic growth, we simply must do more to foster…

the tax code is an impediment to it.

I rise today to honor the memory of nine South Carolinians lost last week. The McManus and Antonakos families, both of Greenville, were vacationing together in Alaska when the small plane they were flying in crashed on takeoff. Melet and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. In Memory of the McManus and Antonakos Families

It is indeed a humbling honor to serve the great people of South Carolina in the Senate. I am so grateful for the support I have received from South Carolinians. The success of the Palmetto State can be measured in many ways, but today…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as in morning business. ____________________

Our focus ought not to be on cutting that rung off so fewer people can get on the ladder.

All of these fraud victims deserve to be made whole in a timely manner.

One-third of all my seniors in Florida, that is it for their income, is their Social Security check.

I like your optimism, at least. I'm not sure I share it, but I like it.

Wireless carriers, as a result of government policy, for the most part, have a very difficult time going into rural areas and providing the kind of high speed service. They've got to compete against companies that are subsidized, et…

I am certainly willing to examine the effectiveness of the program in its current form and to make significant changes if warranted.

Part of that process--not only does it support innovation, creativity, not only is it going to be a part of the future engine of our country, economically--

Going after waste, fraud and abuse, including getting these new databases in place, will be a top priority for me.

I commit to you that I will make every effort to complete transfer reviews as quickly as circumstances permit.

If we as Americans do not continue to make things that are tangible, we have a very long road ahead of us.