I rise to speak in favor of the Paul amendment. The Davis-Bacon Act was passed in 1931. We had a very different labor and diversity of wages. There were not minimum wages to the extent we have today. Today, every State has a different cost…

I commend the chairman of the Commerce Committee. He and I have been working on this bill since 2007. As we mentioned when we began consideration of the bill yesterday, this is the 18th short-term extension we are on. I think any person in…

I appreciate so much what the chairman has just said. That is a major statement because what he says is true. There is one flight from Washington National to California. That is all we have, one direct flight. That is not fair. It is not…

I am pleased we are starting on the FAA bill and having an open amendment process so everyone can be heard. Let me go back to where I was on the part of the FAA reauthorization bill that addresses aviation safety. We do limit the ability…

as ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, I, too, wish to discuss the FAA reauthorization bill and agree with the chairman, Senator Rockefeller, who has just spoken, that we have worked in a bipartisan way…

I am pleased to introduce a bill to permanently correct an injustice in the tax code that has harmed citizens in many States of this great Nation. State and local governments have various alternatives for raising revenue. Some levy income…

I am pleased to introduce a bill to provide permanent tax relief from the marriage penalty--the most egregious, anti-family provision in the tax code. One of my highest priorities in the United States Senate has been to relieve American…

I would like to take a few minutes to pay tribute to the 16 Senators who will be departing this body at the end of the year. I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve alongside each of these Senators as colleagues and as…

I rise to speak on the START treaty. I spoke on the floor Saturday stating my concerns about this treaty and the need to address a number of very important issues. I had hoped that amendments that had been offered would be able to clarify…

Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 2 to impose new regulations on the Internet. This is an unprecedented power grab by the unelected members of the Federal Communications Commission, spearheaded by its chairman. The…

I rise today to talk about the START treaty. This historic treaty is seeking, of course, to limit the strategic long-range nuclear weapons that are currently in U.S. and Russian inventory for a total of 1,550 warheads for each country…

we need to ensure that our defenses are not in any way inhibited by this treaty because we must defend against countries that perhaps are not enemies of Russia, but they might be ours. And to in any way restrict our defenses is not…