I rise today to mark a sad day for the National Capital region. On the eve of the 1 year anniversary of the deadliest accident in Metro's history, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the families of the nine victims who…

The longer it takes to get a new device to market, the less certainty investors have and the more capital businesses need.

We should expand the regular R&E tax credit.

Changes to this process are always welcome. Safety should be the number-one focus.

It would help, since a third of that was tax cuts, and nobody in Virginia knew we gave them a tax cut, either.

Too often, our regulatory system has become an impediment to innovation.

You can't get this fixed on the deficit side, on only one side of the ledger.

It is long overdue. And I appreciate your interest in both competitiveness and innovation.

the President has identified a few areas that he has called for an 'all-hands-on-deck' approach to catalyze breakthroughs.

I believe tax policies ought to encourage long-term hold, early-stage capital formation.

I personally believe not only should the R&E tax credit be made permanent, but it should be raised from 14 percent, hopefully up to 20 percent.

I don't think our country's had much of an innovation or growth strategy for the last decade-plus.

I know he has been working very hard--a group of us have been working hard on making sure that credit is getting out there to small businesses, as well.

America is one of the few major industrial countries in the world that doesn't even have a competitiveness strategy.

I'm going to take my inspiration from Senator Lautenberg, here.

I think you've got the absolute right background for this position.

I constantly hear complaints about mistreatment of the traveling public by TSA officers.

I think there's going to be a lot of management components of this challenge that I look forward to working with you on.

your number-one job is to make sure that your TSA employees ensure the safety of the homeland, the safety of our traveling public.

Civil servants ought to act in a civil manner.

But it takes a long time for that to change, and it takes multiple agencies coordinating efforts to bring about that change, and that is where I do think the Federal Government does have an important role.

You know, the immediate critiques of this bill will be, you know, is it just about squishy livability; you know, is it once again the Federal Government further extending its reach into areas that, as my colleague from Montana, Senator…

It seems to me--and I think your example earlier was dead on--that when the developer says it is easier to go do that greenfield site, to develop that commercial shopping center--let us take that example--the cost equation that goes into…

I believe in the concept and, you know, I am very interested in learning more about this legislation and commend the Chairman and those who have been cosponsors already.

It has come to my attention that the normal rivalry between the House and Senate pages has reached new levels. While not aware of all the facts, I know the Senate pages serve with skill and dedication. I also understand that the Senate…