Mr. President, before I start my remarks, let me say how pleased I am to see Senator Reed and Senator Collins here with this important bill, the opportunity to amend the bill and do the business we should be doing. This Senator is also…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. A majority of the Financial Services Committee and, in fact, the majority of Congress recognizes the need to preserve the current State- based model of insurance regulation. It is an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I wish to inform all Senators that on November 9, 2015, the Committee on Rules and Administration adopted the U.S. Senate Internet Services and Technology Resources Usage Rules which will supersede and replace the U.S…

Mr. President, I am honored to represent nearly 500,000 Missouri veterans in the Senate. Tomorrow, on Veterans Day, we pause to reflect on the countless contributions and sacrifices that the men and women who serve in uniform and have…

I am very pleased to be here this morning. On Sunday, November 1, the Kansas City Royals took game five of the World Series from a very good New York Mets team. They beat them in the 12th inning, and they bring the Commissioner's Trophy…

What this amendment does is it strikes some very commonsense regulatory reforms in the bill. The underlying bill requires the Department of Transportation to study whether an increase in minimum insurance levels for intercity buses is…

Again, what we are trying to do with this program is just allow those drivers to be able to cross the State line. Again, they are already allowed to go an entire State's length within the State. I would ask my colleagues to oppose the…

This amendment would strike a limited pilot program that is authorizing drivers over the age of 19\1/ 2\ to enter into a graduated program to obtain a commercial driver's license. The program is very limited to a number of States and a…

Again, this guts some very important parts of this bill. I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms…

This amendment literally just guts some very crucial reforms to this bill. What this amendment does is strikes a section in the bill that requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to remove from its Web site those compliance…

Although I don't oppose the amendment, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is…

This particular amendment really is in the jurisdiction of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. They are in favor of the amendment, so we are going to urge our colleagues to support it. We are not going to oppose it. I yield back…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5 minutes.

There are a lot of life lessons watching the Royals. There might even be some lessons for us Senators watching the Royals and the way they do what they do. I yield the floor. ____________________

``Them apples'' as in the Big Apple? Are those the apples we are talking about? I start in the spring going to minor league games and to major league games, but as we go back and forth across the border here, there is no bigger, more…

Mr. President, my good friend from Kansas mentioned that distance between third base and home plate, and in the ninth inning of the fifth game of the World Series, Hosmer was on third, and I believe there was one out. A ball was hit…

It was a great season. We have had a great time here on the floor talking about the Royals and the Kansas City spirit that drove those teams. For us Missourians, maybe we will see both of our teams in the World Series again next year.