On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adoption…

I thank the gentleman. I believe we are on our last speaker. I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Michaud).

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I would like to express my appreciation to the leadership of the House for expediting these two important bills and bringing them before the House of Representatives. I rise in support of the underlying…

I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield back the balance of my time.

Very briefly, I yield myself 1 minute to respond before I yield to the gentleman from Michigan. To be clear, these bills have the potential to create jobs, but there will also be many investors that lose money as a result of these bills…

I will inform the gentleman from Texas that one additional speaker has emerged. I would be honored to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott). (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend…

Again, I would like to point out that I will be opposing the previous question on the underlying issue. I don't necessarily agree with what some of my colleagues have said with regard to China, and I voted consistently with that in the…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Sutton).

Again I express appreciation to both majority and minority leaders for expedited action in trying to get to the President's desk these two important measures. With that, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania…

The bills before us do something for people of all economic classes in the country--they help working families and the poor; they're good for the middle class; and they're good for millionaires. Let me talk about each group and how it…

Mr. President, last year, I was pleased to provide the President with the names of three superbly qualified Delawareans for him to consider for the one open seat on the U.S. District Court in Delaware. Any one of them would have made an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. nomination of richard andrews

On a cold, snowy night in February 2009, the lives of hundreds of people in my district were shattered. The cruel irony of 50 loved ones killed in a plane crash the Friday before Valentine's Day weekend is lost on no one in my district…

Mr. President, just a few minutes ago, Senators Lieberman, Collins, Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and I gathered in the press gallery upstairs to unveil a proposed compromise that is designed to help ensure we have a viable, strong…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Updating the Postal Service

Reserving the right to object, which this Senator does, I want to make a comment and then I will give my answer. Mr. President, the good Senator, who is on the Finance Committee, wants to repeal the CLASS Act. It is called long-term care…

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

Mr. President, we have seen flooding of historic proportion in North Dakota this year, and, as you know, other States have also sustained severe damages from hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and a range of natural disasters. In Minot, my…