Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life of a young veteran, Daniel Edward Duefield, who died at the age of 24 on November 17 at his home in Grafton, NH. A veteran of the Iraq war, Daniel served his…

Madam President, I am pleased to be here on the floor this afternoon to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to talk about the need for us to deal with our deficits and our debt in this country. I made the decision to vote for…

Mr. President, I am honored to be here on the floor today to join Senator McConnell and my other colleagues in recognizing the service Senator Judd Gregg has provided to the people of this country, and for us, importantly, to the people of…

Madam President, I again thank my colleague, Senator Chambliss. There will be more to come. There were a number of other colleagues who couldn't be here. The Senator from Illinois has been more than kind. He will be part of meeting this…

Thank you to my colleague from St. Paul and to all my colleagues from Minnesota. Coming here today, the honor to speak of Jim Oberstar as a Minnesotan, no one quite personifies what it means to be Minnesotan as Jim Oberstar--a man of quiet…

Mr. President, let me echo the comments of my good friend, the Senator from Georgia, Senator Chambliss. It is time for us in this Senate--and excuse the language--to put up or shut up. A lot of folks talk about deficit reduction in both…

Madam President, I know the Senator from Illinois is going to do his maiden speech in a couple of moments. I ask his forbearance for an extra 4 or 5 minutes. Our colleagues have been a little bit over subscribed, which I think is an…

Madam President, I would like to express my appreciation to the minority leader and the minority whip for all of the courtesies they have extended to me over the last number of years. One of the things, Mitch, I have enjoyed doing is…

Madam President, since I joined the Senate almost 12 years ago, I have worked to ensure that Congress deals with our country's unsustainable national debt and budgets that are not balanced as far as the eye can see; to do this, we must…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 5 minutes and that Senator Sanders be recognized upon the conclusion of my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise again to recognize the service of another great Federal employee. This is a tradition that was started by our friend and former colleague, Senator Kaufman, and I am proud to carry on that tradition. But I want to…

Mr. President, I think most of us believe we should not play partisan politics when it comes to nuclear weapons. But in a speech this morning at the Heritage Foundation, my colleagues, our colleague, Senator Jim DeMint, claimed the new…

Mr. President, I associate myself with the remarks of the Senator from North Dakota and add my voice as well to celebrate Senator Dorgan's tenure in the Senate. I wish he was going to stay. He has been someone about getting things done. As…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 371, nays 1, not voting 61, as follows: [Roll No. 627] YEAS--371 Ackerman Aderholt Adler (NJ) Akin Alexander…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart). All time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. I yield myself such time as I may consume. General Leave

I have already reserved the balance of my time for you to close. I have no further requests for time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the DREAM Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation that I have ever discussed on the floor of the House. It means everything to hundreds of thousands of de facto…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on House Resolution 1756. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was…