Mr. President, when our colleagues arrive, I will be pleased to yield the floor to them, but I will be offering, after 3 o'clock, along with Senator Claire McCaskill, my Democratic colleague from Missouri, an amendment we voted on before…

Mr. President, Americans cherish and respect their military. They support and celebrate those who wear the uniform and serve our Nation. When our Nation is at war, they understand that this obligation of support deepens. Indeed, just…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')

I now ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Alabama [Mr…

Mr. President, I won't discuss any further the amendment I am going to call up. It was offered by Senator McCaskill and me 2 or 3 weeks ago. We reached as high as 59 votes for it, one short of passage. It is an amendment that would put a…

Mexican President Felipe Calderon spoke to this House Chamber this last week as our guest, but I heard about it nonstop when I went back home to my district in Texas. My office has received hundreds of calls, almost as many as those during…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said of his agency that they would ``not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona officials.'' Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano said the government is…

Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman of the committee. He has been supportive of this amendment from the beginning. Senator Hagan and I can say that we have regularly communicated with the chairman, and maybe he would even…

I call up the Hutchison-Hagan motion to instruct conferees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to instruct conferees The Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison)…

I ask to be notified at the end of 5 minutes so I may yield the floor to Senator Hagan for the rest of the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, the Hutchison-Hagan motion to instruct is trying to narrow the definition that falls under the Volcker rule and the underlying bill. I believe our amendment would have passed overwhelmingly if we had been able to get it up…

Mr. President, I ask the distinguished chairman, when we start the vote at 5:30, it will be the Brownback motion first and then Hutchison-Hagan.

Here are a few recent examples of the national media ignoring stories they don't like. Number one, Attorney General Eric Holder has criticized Arizona's new immigration enforcement law and may file suit against it. However, during a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mine safety is a very serious issue. So is national bankruptcy. Under Democratic control, the deficit has exploded tenfold in just 2 years. We are seeing the national debt triple before our very eyes. We…

Administration officials are criticizing Arizona's new illegal immigration enforcement law, and they haven't read the bill. The Attorney General hasn't read it. The Secretary of Homeland Security hasn't read it. Some State Department…

Heavily armed Mexican pirates have been shaking down U.S. boaters on Falcon Lake in Texas. It's a reservoir and a bass fishing haven that straddles the Rio Grande River in Texas--between Texas and Mexico. It's the international boundary…

Thank you, gentlemen, for yielding briefly. I want to comment about our border protectors. The Border Patrol, the sheriffs all along the border do everything they can to secure the sovereignty to protect us from those who come into the…

I agree to the comment that we all should speak the same language. Now, being from Iowa, you would probably think those of us in Texas and Louisiana don't speak the same language you do even though it is a version of English, they tell us…