this amendment would prohibit funds for promotional and marketing materials that promote the affordable health care act and its benefits at taxpayer expense. According to HHS's own documents obtained by the House Ways and Means Committee…

I respectfully ask the Parliamentarian if the official Senate decibel meter indicates that the ruling by the distinguished Parliamentarian that the count--or that the vote was not accurate on the last vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

I thank my distinguished colleague, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, the fully declared champion of fiscal responsibility, defender of hard-pressed taxpayers all across the country, doing a splendid job here as a Senator who…

Let me say, if I might, and I appreciate the question and I have talked to the Parliamentarian, when people inadvertently leave their cell phones on, but the call is from their wife, that is all right. At any rate, balance? If I heard it…

I rise today, in support of Senator Paul's filibuster on the nomination of John Owen Brennan, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. I have stated my opposition to Brennan's nomination from the beginning. During my time on the…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…

my colleagues, I rise today to introduce a bill that has a long title: Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013. Big title, but it is a good bill. Last June, I stood in this body, along with Chairperson…

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Roberts pertaining to the introduction of S. 458 are printed in today's…

I thank my dear friend and colleague more especially for highlighting what K State is all about, and that is family. If one chooses to attend Kansas State, as many do--many come from small town America, and many come from big cities, but I…

I rise to speak in morning business for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we have a double privilege here today in that we obviously are celebrating Kansas State University being 150, representing 150 years of outstanding academic service to our people, but also Emporia State University is 150 years old at the…

I rise to commemorate--along with my distinguished friend and colleague Senator Jerry Moran--the 150th anniversary of Kansas State University--home of the ever-optimistic Wildcats. Since its beginning--even before Kansas joined the union…