We had hoped the decision would have been made on the basis of economics, facts and the best interests of the Nation, not on the basis of a political calculation.

As Mr. Meyer said, those people can go to work right away, and if they have the skills, they're a valuable resource.

Do government regulations make it any more difficult for you to operate and to hire people?

Even if the case doesn't persist, doesn't the small businessman have to hire an attorney to represent him?

I strongly believe we must do more to improve Federal job training programs.

The Keystone XL Pipeline will also create energy security that lessens our dependence on unfriendly nations.

Even attempts to encourage private sector job creation have become politicized--examples of crony capitalism and poor investment.

I hope we can set this misguided legislation aside and talk today about real solutions for Americans who have been unemployed for too long without raising taxes or increasing our crushing national debt.

I have introduced this resolution to prevent the labor dispute between our Nation's railroads and their labor unions from delivering a knockout punch to the U.S. economy just before the holiday season. The contract renegotiation that has…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Enzi pertaining to the introduction of S. 1909 are located in today's Record under Statements on…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The National Debt

I was sorry to hear the supercommittee is in trouble, that they might not be able to agree. Then this morning's Washington Post front page headline was ``Debt Panel Failure Won't Cause Catastrophe.'' Every day we do not find a solution…

If it is President Obama, on the other hand, we will have to suffer under this legislation.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1832 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

we yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bingaman). The Senator from Rhode Island.

If it is Mitt Romney, then all of this collapses, and it probably collapses by next August when the Act is repealed.

I would say that competition is able to do that. The Government is only capable of either spending money wildly.

I have no way of backing that up. HHS has not conducted any actuarial estimate prior to releasing the savings estimate.

Some of the groups include: One is from the National Conference of State Legislatures, one from the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the Federation of Tax Administrators, The National Retail Federation, the…

I also ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Tennessee be allowed to enter into a colloquy with me for the time that we have allotted. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

It is increasingly likely that we have no idea who is going to be the president next year.

I am going to talk about a problem I have tried to solve for 14 years. Today, I think we have a new solution and ``the'' solution--The Marketplace Fairness Act. Our solution has to do with sales taxes that are not being collected at the…

I'm also interested in hearing about the aspects of No Child Left Behind that today's panelists think should be retained as we move forward.

Last month's markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was a major step forward in the reauthorization process, which has been stagnant over the last 4 years since No Child Left Behind's authorization lapsed.

We want to know whether we're developing fixes to the problems that have been identified.