Madam President, I will when I am finished. We know we are going to have to tell them they are only going to be able to work 4 days out of the week. It is mindless to stand on the Senate floor and say we can cut $1 billion out of the…

Mr. President, will the Senator from Indiana yield for a unanimous consent request? I will yield the floor right back.

Madam President, I ask for an opportunity to respond to the Senator from Pennsylvania and then yield to the Senator from Iowa. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We will have a vote on the floor of the Senate. It is an important vote because tomorrow is the day of sequestration. The American people are learning new terminology. The fiscal cliff meant nothing to most Americans 6 months ago, but by…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the motion to proceed currently pending, at 2:30 p.m. the Senate resume the motion to proceed to S. 16 and the Senate proceed to the cloture votes on the motions to proceed as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 28, 2013, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Addressing FHA's…

Mr. President, last week TIME Magazine published an extensive piece that took a close look at the hidden costs within our health care system and how the Medicare program, which is widely disparaged these days, is effective in controlling…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 28, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 28, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Madam President, in 2005, I was honored to join Congressman John Lewis on a trip to Selma, AL, for a ceremonial walk over the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 40th anniversary of what has come to be known as ``Bloody Sunday.'' In March of…

Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to a friend and exceptional Illinoisan who recently passed away. In 1949, a young woman from New York moved to Chicago to attend college at Roosevelt University. Her name was Dianne Jones, and…

Madam President, this week marks the 1-year anniversary of the deadly tornado that devastated the towns of Harrisburg and Ridgway in Saline and Gallatin Counties. I visited both of those towns right after the tornado. I have seen my fair…

Reclaiming my time, this is getting perilously close to a debate, which I will tell those in attendance never happens on the floor of the Senate. I will tell the Senator at this time we are dealing with the CR and last year's…

I have determined that it is necessary to continue this national emergency and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat

I look forward to visiting St. Petersburg for the G-20 meeting in September.

Well, if this is for all and this is for everybody, why attempt to strip out essential protections for immigrants, tribal, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims? Do they not feel the same pain? Once again, we have to stand up…

Madam Speaker, I rise today because we have to get our fiscal house in order, but sequestration is not the way to do it. There is no question we need to address our unsustainable debt and deficit. Our debt remains above 73 percent of…

I feel that there is a tremendous amount of myth that is projected, percolated about the willingness of people and the desire of individuals to work.