There is no doubt that many, many people are suffering. Over 14 million Americans are unemployed.

I have had some experience with people in Wyoming that have gone through that kind of a process, too, and are now spreading the word.

It is obvious that the economic recovery has stalled. Unfortunately, the efforts taken by this Administration to stimulate the economy have not created enough jobs and have put us further in debt.

I am hoping we can get that through this committee and through the Senate.

if it was back to normal, the President would not have had to tap the SPR this morning

This Administration's energy policy is actively slowing and preventing job creation.

Many of the thousands of jobs that were supported by the offshore drilling industry are simply gone due to the moratorium.

becoming a businessperson takes a whole basket of skills, and not every person who has worked 30 years as an engineer is suddenly equipped to become a marketer for his or her own services

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for his comments and for the way he delves into any issue we work on and comes up with some unique ideas from his past business experience. I hope people will look at his resume, the information in his…

I rise today to express my strong opposition to the Tester-Corker amendment No. 392 to the Economic Development Revitalization Act. The interchange fee debate is not a new one for the Senate. This is an old discussion with both…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as one of the opponents of the amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is recognized.

While Senators disagree at times about specific nominees, we can all agree that without judges in place, our legal system slows down

I want to thank the Chairman and Senator Grassley and all the staffs for scheduling this hearing

I am pleased the Senate Judiciary Committee is moving quickly and thoroughly on this nomination

I rise today to introduce the Small Business Fairness Act. I want to first thank my colleague Senator Casey from Pennsylvania for cosponsoring this important legislation with me. Promoting small business is not a Republican or a Democrat…

I wish to speak on the introduction of the Livestock Marketing Fairness Act. I want to also acknowledge that I am joined in introducing this legislation by Senators Tim Johnson, Grassley, and Tester. Without their support this bill would…

I rise today to discuss high gas prices and the direct impact they are having on every American. Every day, we see the impact of high gasoline and diesel prices on our constituents and their pocketbooks. Some wonder if they will be able to…

in February the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing on the success of the automatic enrollment provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 which helped millions of workers and their families access to a…

We have made tremendous progress in the past 5 years to ensure that we are prepared to meet all known and unknown hazards that threaten our citizens.

I want to thank Senator Burr for his continued leadership on this critically important issue.

I rise today to discuss the growing burdens placed on states by our Federal Government in recent years and how we can stop this trend. Our States have faced many Federal mandates in recent years that have hurt, not helped, the citizenry of…

Some in the last couple of days have called the Boeing complaint a routine administrative procedure. But the New York Times called it 'highly unusual' and the 'strongest signal yet of the new pro-labor orientation of the National Labor…

it kind of seems to me like that would be like assuming that I would grow to 6 feet four inches and be able to run the 40 in 4 seconds flat, and therefore be a starting linebacker for the Redskins next year.

If we are talking about saving money, this is how to do it.

I'm deeply skeptical, however, of any government initiative that claims it can save 60,000 lives and $35 billion over the next 3 years by improving the quality of care provided to patients.