I appreciate so much the words of the Senator from Florida because, of course, he is not mentioning the great leadership he has portrayed. He is today the only Member of the Senate who has actually gone into space as an astronaut, and his…

When I was there last week, Dr. Samuel Ting, who is the Nobel laureate from MIT who built the spectrometer and talked about and convinced us of the importance of putting it on the space station, he was there with Mark Kelly and myself, and…

before I start my remarks, I would like to say that in about an hour we will start voting on the nomination of General Petraeus to lead the CIA, and I am going to enthusiastically support that nomination because I do think General Petraeus…

I thank the Chair. S. 724 is the Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011. There are 80 cosponsors of this legislation. It is very simple and straightforward. It ensures that in the event of a government shutdown, our Nation's men and…

I rise today to discuss Social Security and its future. This is certainly an issue that affects all Americans, and now is the time we can address it in a way that will not be horribly obtrusive to the people who will be on Social Security…

I hope that, because of your experience, you will speak out against that kind of overreach that is unprecedented.

I think the President needs more people around him with business experience, and you fulfill that role.

The United States currently has the second highest corporate tax rate in the world behind Japan.

I will be a cheerleader and advocate for the regulatory reform that we all agree needs to be done.

I think the Secretary of Commerce is a bully pulpit, the ability to be a cheerleader for trade and commerce.

Are you anti-energy? Are you for taxing energy--raising the cost, and letting that have the effect of hurting our businesses?

We are not going to tax or regulate our way out of the economic downturn.