I hope that is not a reality that we are prepared to accept.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office…

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 September 16, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining the State…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…

Madam President, last week the House of Representatives voted for the 53rd time to repeal or undermine all of--or aspects of-- the Affordable Care Act. This is beginning to sound like a broken record. I was in the House of Representatives…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

The Middle East seems largely immune from U.S. efforts to bend it to our will.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud today to stand up in support of legislation that I cosponsored that the House will consider later today, H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. As the creator of U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve is…

You know my district alone, last year there was a terror plot to blow up a passenger train that was thwarted.

It is hard to know that--where this is going, because nobody saw it coming.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 5404, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5404) to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, as…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for her support of this good piece of legislation. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Coffman), who is a member of the VA committee, a subcommittee chairman of…

Mr. Speaker, I too urge all Members to support S. 2258, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. In a moment I will yield to the bill's sponsor, Mr. Coffman, for a more detailed description. The goal of this legislation is to improve the way VA manages its major construction…

Mr. Speaker, we have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.