Thank you for your service and willingness to come up here and answer all these questions today.

For many households, satellite is their only option for video and Internet services.

For those of you who compete head to head with other providers of voice, video, and Internet services, do you feel that you are competing on an even regulatory playing field with your competitors?

I yield back our time so our colleagues have an opportunity to use the term ``balanced'' a few more times before this debate concludes. I yield the floor. Children's Budget

this amendment will create a deficit- neutral reserve fund to completely--completely--eliminate the Federal estate tax burden that is facing America's family farmers and small businesses. There are lots of reasons to support elimination of…

I appreciate the effort being made by the Senator from Virginia. He is moving in the right direction. We do need to get rid of this once and for all. I would be happy to accept his amendment by voice if he would be willing to do that. But…

That may be an incomplete count, but nevertheless the Senator and his staff counted 191 times where the word ``balanced'' has been used. As the Senator from Alabama very fittingly pointed out, there is nothing balanced about this budget…

If I might, I thank the distinguished ranking member of the Budget Committee for yielding, and I will pose a question to the Senator, if I might. I heard Senator Sessions say earlier and put up a chart which suggested that the term…

We have among the Senators who serve in the Senate people who have balanced budgets and done it the old-fashioned way, the hard way, one of whom is the former Governor of the State of Nebraska, now Senator, Mike Johanns. Senator Johanns…

the Senator from Nebraska could not have put it better. He has great experience with budgets and the people of Nebraska, who are similar to the people I represent in South Dakota. Someone else who is also from a very similar State, the…

I thank the Senator from Alabama for his eloquence in laying out what is at stake in this budget debate we are having and for also pointing out, once again, that the budget before us in the Senate doesn't balance. In a way, the speakers…

we have among the many people who serve in the Senate some people who have balanced budgets and done it---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time to the Senator from South Dakota? The Senator from Alabama?

I thank the Senator from North Dakota. I think he put it absolutely right in terms of what the priorities should be and what the stakes are in the budget debate. I thank him for his leadership on this issue. I want to close with one final…

I rise today along with my colleague from Missouri, Senator Blunt, to offer a couple of amendments that have been filed and that I hope we get an opportunity to vote on before this process concludes. If you look at the base Democratic…

I thank my colleague from Missouri. He has a great deal of experience. As he said, we worked together on these issues for a long time. We both recognize the importance of economic growth. We see a budget put before us by the Senate…

the House Republican budget does something the Democratic budget does not do--it balances. It actually balances in 10 years, and it does it not by taxing more but by spending less, spending at a slower rate--3.4 percent over that 10-year…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor today to talk about the important budget debate we will have this week here in the Senate. We hope to get on that soon. We are disposing of some of last-year's budget work before that. But I think this is an important…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). Without objection, it is so ordered.

The only way that we are going to be able to maintain that level of income is to open new markets and expand the sale of American-made goods and services.

Well, I would say the sooner, the better.

Our relationship with China is full of opportunities but full of real challenges.

Let me ask you another question that deals with the E.U.'s recent decision to impose a 10-percent duty on all imports of ethanol from the United States.

I am troubled by the administration's lack of commitment regarding a request for Trade Promotion Authority, which expired back in 2007.

The incentive auction is really important. We need to figure out how to free up more spectrum to meet the demand that is out there.