We need to make sure that as we look at -- at all that we are spending in Washington, D.C., with not only the -- the entitlement spending, but also the bigger government, we cannot afford anymore.

The stimulus was excessive spending that did not meet the intended targets.

the World Economic Forum recently published its global competitiveness survey. It shows that the competitiveness of the United States has declined from first place in the world to fourth place since President Obama took office in January…

Senator Claire McCaskill, my Democratic colleague from Missouri, and I have offered legislation that would essentially take the budget that was submitted last year, which had a 5-year number. The first-year numbers were not very good. I…

Well, I think that is important to note, and I would further note that every single Republican supported the McCaskill- Sessions amendment, but also 18 Democrats supported that. I believe that if we had the leadership just say yes instead…

But the Democratic home State Senators refused to return their blue slips for any of these nominees for the Sixth Circuit. President Bush renominated all four on January 2003. This time the Democratic home State Senators returned their…

I wish to speak about the Senate's processing of judicial nominations, and I ask you to forgive me if I am a bit irritable, but we have had a lot of complaints about how fast President Obama's nominations are going forward. I think they…

this is a policy of the President of the United States. He determined to change the policy that has been in effect for quite a number of years, and by all accounts has been working very well. All four service chiefs favor keeping that…

I would like to share some thoughts about the surprising decisions that were noted in some of the media that the majority leader, certainly with the support of the administration, plans to introduce a very significant, very controversial…

I rise today to discuss the significant threat prostate cancer poses to the male population in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 217,000 American men will learn that they have prostate cancer in 2010…

Madam Speaker, last night at the Rules Committee, we had a very vigorous and spirited debate. It is continuing, although with less fervency, on the floor today about the insistence of the Democratic Party to blame corporations for the…

It is a troubling statement. I think, clearly, it allows her to justify voting--if confirmed to the Supreme Court--to eviscerate the second amendment. There are some earlier cases before the 14th amendment was even passed, or before the…