Mr. President, I certainly recognize that providing advice and consent of Presidential nominees is one of our most important responsibilities as Members of the Senate, and it is a responsibility that I expect and believe all of us take…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in morning business, and I wish to recognize the presence of my senior Senator from Kansas. I am here to visit about an individual who died in Kansas recently to whom I wish to pay tribute. There are many…

Thank you very much. I want to tell a story. It goes back to the summer of 2011. Back at that point in time, we had 30 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent. I decided it was important to work on legislation to jumpstart the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Startup Act

This Sunday, I had the good fortune of being in Rosalia, Kansas, at the high school graduation for Flinthills High. Flinthills High has 11 strong graduating in 2013, but it was remarkable. With all the challenges the country faces, we had…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, late last week we learned of the apology by the Internal Revenue Service official about the targeting of certain information and applications for 501(c)(4) organizations in this country. Certainly the indication is that…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Economy

The Safe Climate Caucus is composed of 25 Members of the House who have made a commitment to talk every single legislative day on the House floor about the urgent need to address climate change. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, we reached record…

Madam President, I recently had a great conversation with an individual, August Busch, III, the longtime president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch. We talked about the state of the economy. We talked about the desire to get jobs created and the…

Mr. President, April 15 has now come and gone, known as tax day to most Americans. Millions of Americans filed their returns last month and many took into account in filing that return the dollars they contributed to charitable and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Charitable Giving

Earlier this month, I and 19 of my colleagues wrote to the Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to engage us in a debate on the House floor as to what our national policy should be in response to climate change. That request has been…

Mr. President, I also wish to speak this evening about a Kansan who recently died and pay tribute to his life. My tribute this evening is to Don Concannon. Don Concannon of Hugoton, KS, is an example of a life I admire and respect so much…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I address the Senate as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Veterans Claims Backlog

Mr. President, next month, Americans across the country will gather on Memorial Day to remember the sacrifices made by generations of men and women in service to our country and to preserve our freedoms. There is no group of Americans I…

I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger for all of their hard work over many months, now years, in bringing this to where we are today, and I want to thank all of the committee staff who worked so hard to bring it…

There's talk about warrantless searches all across America. The legislation does no such thing. It's a short bill. It's 26 pages. I would urge everyone to go read it for themselves. It fairly clearly limits what government may do, what…