One of the things we have got to do is put a legal architecture in place and we need congressional help in order to do that, to make sure that not only am I reigned in, but any President is reigned in.

We both agree that peace is in the interests of everyone.

The Affordable Care gives hard-working, middle-class families the security they deserve.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Shaheen), are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Tennessee. If this is truly a bipartisan effort on both sides of the issue, Democrats and Republicans see it differently. The distinguishing feature of those who oppose this is that so far the…

Reserving the right to object, if the vote is at 5:30, could we allocate time so that each of us could have some time before 5:30? If the Senator would be willing to do that at this point, I would not object.

There are differences of opinion about this, but here are several things we should make clear. This is not a new tax. The bill we have before us will not create any new tax. It creates a method for compliance or collection of an existing…

I note Senator Enzi is on the floor. At 5:30 p.m. we are voting on a measure which will affect literally millions of Americans. I will provide some illustration about this bill. A close friend of mine is the mayor of Normal, IL. His name…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 22, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, last week Congress recognized one of the planet's leading visionaries and humanitarians by awarding Prof. Muhammad Yunus the Congressional Gold Medal. The ceremony occurred just a few hundred yards from here in the august…

Would the Senator from Minnesota yield for a moment? I believe the Senator from Oregon would like to make a very brief statement for the Record.

As I understand what Ms. Ayotte has said, there are four members who wish to speak. I don't want to be presumptuous, but if we each speak for 5 minutes, then that leaves 10 minutes for those who might arrive whom we are not aware of. So…

This stuff is really cool.

That drive, that refusal to give up, that focus on the future is part of what makes America great.

You've got a whole country behind you as you pursue your dreams.

We need to make this a priority: to train an army of new teachers in these subject areas.

I therefore recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to this Convention and give its advice and consent to ratification.

America has always been about discovery and invention and engineering and science and evidence.