I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. A Second Opinion

In these times of economic hardship, we should be looking for ways to encourage economic development, not inhibit it or prevent it.

Economic development is often another term for energy development.

The energy lease approval process is tied up on red tape and it takes too long.

I come to the floor, as I have over the past year and a half, as a physician who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for a quarter of a century. I go home every weekend and visit with my former patients, my former colleagues. As I talk to…

reserving the right to object. There are still questions that need to be answered and information that needs to be provided by Mr. Kopocis. I am concerned about the depth of his past involvement to change the scope of the Clean Water Act…

I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant editor of the Daily Digest proceeded to call the roll.

first, I wish to congratulate and thank my colleague, the senior Senator from Utah, Mr. Hatch, for his continued leadership on the issue of health care. As the ranking member of the Finance Committee, he has been a stalwart and strong…

I come to the floor today to talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, and their implementing a cap-and-trade program for what is called cross-State air pollution. I oppose this new regulation and I support the resolution of…

We have talked about this. There is a program that his patients and mine have enjoyed, called Medicare Advantage, and there is an advantage for patients signing up for that program. About one in four Americans on Medicare signs up for…

This health care law continues to be bad for patients, for providers, for the doctors who take care of them, and it is bad for the taxpayers. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa. Education

I congratulate and thank Dr. Coburn for his significant leadership in this area. Medicare patients all across the country are getting a thick book--150 pages or so. In Wyoming, it is about 150 pages, and it is called ``Medicare and You…

That is exactly right. I agree. Studies have shown that in the system we live under today, less than one-third of the money actually goes to people who are deserving and ought to be receiving that money, and the other two-thirds goes to…

I would like to comment. Section 8 of this Jobs Through Growth Act is the Government Litigation Savings Act. This was something introduced in the House by Cynthia Lummis, a Member of Congress from Wyoming, and myself in the Senate. This…

I agree with my colleague from Arizona. I thank him for his leadership and congratulate him for the piece of legislation that is currently on the floor. I am here to speak in support of it because I want to get small businesses hiring…

It would. It would undermine the argument of the President, who says this is going to pay for itself, when, in fact, it is not. It is interesting, if you ask people watching at home or when you go to townhall meetings, do you think under…

Both of those are areas where there can be significant savings. Folks have said that if they do this sort of legislative approach to remove this lawsuit abuse, the savings to the Federal budget would be about $50 billion over the budgeting…

I come to the floor today to support Senator Hutchison and to talk about this role that is being played now by the Federal Communications Commission in terms of regulating the Internet for the very first time. I oppose having these…

in the 19 years since his graduation from the University of Wyoming School of Law, Judge Skavdahl has distinguished himself both as an attorney and as a trial judge. After working in the private sector and clerking for U.S. district judge…

I think this is devastating for the country. I told the President directly that overall I thought his proposal was going to bankrupt the country. We stood here and debated over a year ago the fact that the Democrats in this body were…

You would hear about it. This speaks to the problems we have in this body. When they write legislation in the cloak of darkness, behind closed doors, and come in and vote at 1 in the morning and try to jam things through at a time when an…

Which has an advantage because it coordinates care. It does a number of things that are important. I believe this is the reason why last week in the Kaiser poll, the number of individuals who have a very favorable view of the overall…

That is exactly the way I read it, that is the way the American people read it, which is why the overall favorability of the health care law now stands at only 34 percent, an all-time low.

I respond to my colleague from Arizona that we all have concerns for the people of America. That is why we were here trying to offer constructive ideas to make sure people would get the care they need, from the doctor that they want, at a…

the October 2011 issue of the AARP bulletin contains an interesting opinion piece. It was written by the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid. It is right there on the front page, Senate Leader Reid. His opinion piece is entitled ``The…