Mr. President, what is happening with Internet sales? They are growing dramatically. Listen to these numbers. In 2012 online sales accounted for $225 billion in sales in America. In the next 5 years it will double to $435 billion. It is an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 44, S. 601, be withdrawn; further, that at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, the motion to proceed to S. 601 be agreed to and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 20 minutes prior to the vote, which is scheduled at 5:30, in relation to amendment No. 741 be equally divided between the proponents and opponents, with proponents controlling the final 10…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I think we only have 2 or 3 minutes before the 20-minute period that has been reserved equally for both sides. I wish to use those 3 minutes to respond directly to my colleague from the State of Texas. The first thing he…

Parliamentary inquiry: I believe the order suggests that the time is equally divided between the opponents and proponents, and the opponents have the first 10 minutes and the proponents the final 10 minutes. So I would ask the Chair to…

I was encouraged by what Mr. Dow said earlier about visitors looking for authenticity and wanting to get a real feel of the United States.

middle-class America hasn't seen a raise in a very long time

Travel and tourism play a major role in our country's economy, with almost 8 million Americans in jobs tied to the tourism industry.

the blunt and arbitrary cuts of the sequester are now in effect

Well, let's start with the principle that sexual assault is an outrage; it is a crime.

The commitment of the United States to the security of the Republic of Korea will never waver.

Today we agreed to continue the implementation of our historic trade agreement, which is already yielding benefits for both our countries.

We'll continue to coordinate closely with South Korea and with Japan.

All of us would benefit from a North Korea that transformed itself.

Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.

If we say we're taking a position, I would think at this point the international community has a pretty good sense that we typically follow through on our commitments.

The proposal in H.R. 807, which chooses which bills to pay, is a deeply irresponsible approach that is simply default by another name.