I want to share some thoughts about the President's tour today and the last couple of days talking about jobs. Well, I have to say, first and foremost, this country is not doing well economically. It is just not. You hear the stock market…

Senator Durbin is such an eloquent champion for righting injustice, and I am always impressed with him, and I do agree that the American people are good and decent people. They want the right thing. They want the right thing on…

We need to honor that promise. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING Officer. The Senator from Maryland.

Essentially, the majority leader has already said that he intends to bring up the defense bill last, national security last. Why is he going to do that? He is going to do that because he is going to let all these other bills go over the…

I wish to thank my colleague Senator Toomey for raising this matter and asking to recommit the legislation so the Senate committee, the appropriate committee, would produce a THUD plan for spending that complies with the Budget Control…

I thank the chairman and join her in commending Mr. Sammartino for his many years of dedicated and distinguished service to CBO, the Congress, and the American people. We wish him and his family well in his retirement from Federal service…

I wish to speak for a few minutes about the loan program and concerns I have about it, particularly the scoring conventions used by the Congressional Budget Office in its cost analysis of these student loans. It is something I have looked…

Today is a very important day in the life of America as we recognize that Republicans are back in Washington to try and grow our economy and bring jobs back to the free enterprise system. Mr. Speaker, for 12 years Republicans worked hard…

I would like to talk about the nomination of Gina McCarthy to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I had the pleasure of meeting with her earlier in the confirmation process and talking with her at length about…

I ask unanimous consent that after my remarks, Senator Reed be recognized for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I want to thank the gentleman, the member of the Rules Committee, Dr. Michael Burgess, from Lewisville, Texas. Dr. Burgess is a brand-new member of the Rules Committee and came to the Rules Committee because of his understanding, not just…

earlier today my colleague Senator Rubio came to the floor to talk about the very serious matter of the nomination of Thomas Perez that will be before us. Senator Rubio specifically addressed Mr. Perez's refusal to comply with a bipartisan…