Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 31, 2012, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Select Committee…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2012, at 2 p.m., to hold a Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs…

Mr. President, I am proud to join my colleagues on the floor today--I thank Senator Boxer and Senator Harkin for their leadership--just as I was proud back in December of 2009 to join Senator Mikulski in sponsoring the women's health…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 31, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet during…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 31, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building…

Thank you, Madam President. I come to the floor this evening to talk about an amendment I have filed to the Cybersecurity Act, S. 3414. This is the fourth time I have filed this amendment, and it is not on the Cybersecurity Act per se…

Madam President, if the majority leader is finished, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID addressed the Chair. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, tomorrow the attention of the world will turn to London as we witness the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Over 10,000 athletes representing 204 nations from around the world will be competing in hundreds of sporting…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

I thank the gentlelady for the time. The bill before us here, referencing H.R. 783, is the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011. It is a bipartisan bill, sponsored by the gentlemen from Virginia…

I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 seconds. Ms. DeLAURO. There is a better way forward. Let's take up the bill that was passed by the Senate, a bill that provides continued tax relief for the vast majority of American families. Let's…

Reclaiming my time, again, in the absence of an actual House Resolution 783, I thought perhaps it was an erroneous reference to H.R. 783. Again, it is unclear what we are debating, but I know that we have somebody here who wants to debate…

Prior to yielding to the gentlelady from Connecticut, I just want to the ask the gentlelady from North Carolina, what is House Resolution 783? We're having trouble locating it. I yield to the gentlelady.

Reclaiming my time, again, looking at the THOMAS registry, H.R. 783 is called the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act.

Reclaiming my time, if I can ask the Clerk to read the current resolution before us. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the Clerk will report the resolution. There was no objection. The Clerk read the resolution.

Reclaiming my time, this is the bill that is referenced in the resolution that the Clerk read. I heard that. And I am here ready to discuss the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011, but I can't find…

But let us get on to it. Again, the corresponding change does not exist in the spirit of bipartisanship. I was informed that my party was willing to withdraw their objection to a change that would have made a proper reference in this…