I am ready to close, and I yield myself the remainder of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 4 minutes.

I yield the gentlelady an additional 30 seconds. Ms. DeLAURO. Because it is time for us to come together and take the next steps to stop pay discrimination--by putting an end to pay secrecy, strengthening workers' ability to challenge…

Well, it sounds like I agree with the gentlelady on many of our national priorities. For goodness sake, let's reform the Tax Code; let's bring down rates. Gas prices, my constituents are complaining about them; let's take action…

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 adopting…

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to this rule that will allow the House to hold a vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. Here we are in 2013--2013--and yet women make 77 cents for every dollar made by a man for…

I would respond to the gentlelady that most women in this country don't work for the White House. Most women in this country work for private sector employers, public sector employers, and others. We care about all women. We want to ensure…

Rather than addressing a number of issues that my colleagues have talked about here today, whether that issue is gas prices, whether it's equal pay for women, whether that's equal pay in the White House or equal pay for Main Street…

I have one remaining speaker. I happen to have a gentlelady currently working for the Rules Committee sitting next to me here and helping with our research on this bill, and she informs me she used to work for the White House. She's a…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to both the rule and the underlying bill. The bill is inaccurately named. In fact, quite…

Madam President, I rise this morning to speak in regard to the Keystone XL Pipeline project. Much has been made recently about pipeline spills in Arkansas and in Texas. These spills are being used by opponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Keystone XL Pipeline

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce my first bill as a US Senator. It has been delivered to the desk. The bill is the Troop Talent Act of 2013. I am pleased to note it is cosponsored by Senator Saxby Chambliss and Senator Max Baucus…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent I be recognized for up to 5 minutes as if in morning business and then Senator Lee be recognized for up to 5 minutes following my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mr. Kaine pertaining to the introduction of S. 700 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

Madam President, for several weeks now Washington and the rest of the country have been debating several new gun control proposals. Along with a number of my colleagues, including the minority leader, I have declared my intention to resist…

I thank the Senator from Virginia for his cooperation in allowing me this time. The President of the United States has spent the last several weeks evoking the tragedy of Sandy Hook and highlighting the voices of the victims in an effort…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

Madam President, under this budget, by the year 2020 we will be spending more every year on interest on our national debt than we spend on our national defense. This is alarming and ought to be a concern to every one of us. This amendment…