Jay Rockefeller

I would like to acknowledge your leadership, Senator Rockefeller, in passing the Small Business Jobs Act which was signed into law.

What are we going to do about it? Do we accept that as our fate, or do we decide that we have to work together doubly hard to change it?

Any Senator by objecting can prevent a bill from being considered on the floor.

I said, well, let us take $1 billion off of it. Will that help?

So I called this hearing to highlight opportunities for expansion and job creation here in West Virginia.

We keep fighting, because we believe in our people. We believe in what we can do to help.

I have heard a lot of things about you, and they are all good. And I really look forward to working with you.

The Coast Guard is vital to our national security, economic security, public safety, and environment.

I'm going to get out of the car all by myself.

The President's request for Coast Guard's Fiscal Year 2012 budget represents a modest increase in funding of 1 percent.

I'm tremendously proud of your predecessor, I'm tremendously proud of you.

Some have also expressed concerns that the Coast Guard is slowly losing some of the autonomy and latitude it needs to operate as a flexible, agile, and responsive multi-mission agency.

I'm very concerned about the Coast Guard's mission readiness when we don't properly equip them.

I, along with my colleague Senator Manchin, rise today to introduce the Fair Competition for Hospitals Act of 2011, legislation that will level the playing field for a handful of hospitals in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia who are…

I think we're fortunate to get somebody to be willing to go through this unbelievably convoluted and demanding ethics process.

The country needs a Commerce Secretary as rapidly as possible to address these many concerns about our economy.

Coal is an abundant and domestically produced fuel that has been and remains an important energy source for the American people.

Federal regulations have forced a lot of the fishermen out of the business, pushed many more to the brink.

I rise to say a few words on the introduction of the Data Security and Breach Notification Act. Senator Pryor and I introduced this bill in the 111th Congress, and given the recent high-profile data breaches that have endangered the…

I rise today to introduce the Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2011. I am proud to be joined by my colleagues Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Senator Sherrod…

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for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Record on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the…

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today I am introducing the Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act, legislation that will protect American businesses and workers by ensuring that they can compete on a level playing field with foreign companies. The legislation I am…

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