Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Emissions Trading

Mr. President, I wish to commend the Senator from Wyoming for his great work on the subject. As Americans know firsthand, we continue to struggle with an economy that is not performing well or meeting the needs of workers. The unemployment…

Mr. President, very soon the Senate is going to be voting on whether to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, to enact the so-called Buffett rule. It is ironic that we would be debating that subject…

It certainly is. As the Senator from Wyoming mentioned, the huge majority of businesses around this country--and especially small businesses such as those he and I represent in Wyoming and South Dakota--are enormously concerned about what…

Well, I would say to my colleague from Arizona, he always has a way with words when it comes to describing the strange meanderings of the process here in Washington, but it is. Unfortunately, all those groups that had access to the process…

Then, of course, there is even the Governor of a State such as California, which I will submit for the Record. But the point is, there are lots of promises made that haven't been kept with this legislation. I yield the floor. The ACTING…

The combination of those things is only going to cost jobs. I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

I would say to my colleague from Mississippi that one of the areas where jobs may be created is in the Federal Government because it is going to take an awful lot of Federal bureaucrats to oversee and lots of new IRS agents to implement…

It would be, and, by the way, we have that amendment and would be happy to offer it. We tried to call up the bill, but it was objected to by the Democrats. The thing about bad ideas around here is that they tend to come back. This idea…

Madam President, I echo what the Senator from Arizona said about the CLASS Act. He was here, as was I and many others, debating this bill and saying this was a program destined to be bankrupt. In fact, if we look at the independent…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Delaware is recognized.

Mr. President, I say to my friend, I believe sincerely-- and I think he does--that we need a real all-of-the-above strategy. We ought to be developing all forms of American energy, homegrown energy, domestic energy. I appreciate it when…