It seems like--I visited Oak Ridge. I visited NREL. The testing has been going on for an awfully long time.

The Environmental Protection Agency has become public enemy number one of our farmers and ranchers.

I hope we get this resolved as quickly as possible because this is one thing, and you were right about the signal.

the legislation before us is the small business bill, which includes a number of provisions. I have stated before in comments on the floor that there are a number of concerns I have about the $30 billion lending fund that is included in…

I think it is instructive to remember the state of the rail industry before the Act was passed.

Many of the Administration's policies, including high-speed passenger rail, will benefit metropolitan areas, but do little, if anything, to assist rural communities.

I want to also thank you for holding this important hearing.

when the health care reform bill passed, the Speaker of the House famously said: We have to pass this bill so we can figure out what is in it. Well, what more and more Americans are finding when they look at what is in it are things they…

I want to express my concern about the Administration's latest proposal to spend another $50 billion on road, rail, and other infrastructure projects to stimulate the economy.

consider consolidation or closure of excess bases and other facilities where appropriate.

Secretary Gates in his August 9, 2010, speech said that he was implementing a 10 percent reduction in funding for advisory and assistance contractors in intelligence areas and a freeze in the number of senior executives in the defense…

this Department is awash in taskings for reports and studies.

I say to my friend from Nevada, it is troubling--very troubling, and maybe even telling--that the President would ask us to confirm an individual who admittedly has not reviewed the justification for the second amendment in the Bill of…

I say to my colleague from Nevada, it comes down to their horrible record on gun rights. It made it impossible for these two organizations to conclude that they would be impartial constitutional judges on this issue even though they tried…

What that has done is galvanized those at the grassroots level who are very concerned about what they see happening and how it might threaten and put in danger the second amendment right that many of them have enjoyed and believe is…

If I might ask the Senator from Alabama this--because he is the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. I know he has dealt with numerous nominees to the Supreme Court in the past, as well as probably hundreds of other judicial…

I close by saying as well, I think in all cases, you have to judge people not by what they say but by what they do. Clearly, the record would suggest, as it did with Justice Sotomayor, a certain hostility toward the second amendment right…

Judge Sotomayor's judicial record and testimony during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

I continue by saying that after reviewing Ms. Kagan's record of testimony at the confirmation hearing, Gun Owners of America concluded: . . . the available evidence portrays her as a forceful advocate of restrictive gun laws and as a…

I heard my colleague say--and I would be interested in having him confirm--didn't Ms. Kagan teach constitutional law and would it not have been appropriate at that time for her to have looked at the Founding Fathers' intent on the second…

If we don't get these agreements signed, we are going to lose significant market opportunities to competitors.

The panel supports an increased investment in long-range strike systems and their associated sensors.

This is an important review, something that I had advocated in the defense authorization bill. I think it has borne out that it was something that needed to be done.

we have been bombarded with some pretty big numbers lately. Our total national debt recently topped $13 trillion. In 5 years, it is expected to pass $20 trillion. This fiscal year alone, the Federal Government plans to run a deficit of…

the economic damages that are caused by the Administration's offshore moratorium on oil and gas exploration.