Thank you. Are there other speakers on our side? Let me ask the Chair to notify me when there is 10 minutes left in case Senator Collins comes or someone else. So I would like to have up to 10 minutes and be notified. Mr. President, I rise…

I think we all know that everybody in America is pretty much talking about the fiscal cliff, and that what will happen at the end of this year will have an enormous impact on the economy of our country and its future. There is no doubt…

These are people who have done the right thing. They have saved. They have tried to make sure they didn't need any kind of government handout. They have earned Social Security--and that is not a government handout--and they want to know…

We also have the endorsement of the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute, US Telecom, the National Retail Federation, Financial Services Roundtable, the…

This program was created by the University of Texas in Austin, and it recruits STEM majors into a integrated program of science, mathematics, engineering, as well as providing them with education credentials, all within a four-year period.

Nobody is challenging America COMPETES. Nobody is challenging the need for Federal help on this.

I co-sponsored the original COMPETES Act and I continue to support it today.

As Senator Hutchison pointed out, this Act authorizes to replicate and implement programs in institutions of higher learning that have integrated course of study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and teacher education.

I do not think there has been any time when we have not been able to put together our differences and go forward in a productive way.

I am pleased to follow the Senator from Minnesota because we did work on a piece of legislation, which she perfected. It was my bill that first passed on stalking that would take the antistalking laws nationwide because so often it happens…

I ask unanimous consent that this statement be included in the Record upon introduction of my legislation, the Church Plan Clarification Act of 2012, with Senator Cardin. Today, my colleague Senator Cardin and I are reintroducing this…

We are talking about the kind of commitment that you suggest, which is putting different vehicles' capabilities together so that it doesn't all fall on us.