Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Energy Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2015 and S. 3563, and the Senate proceed to their consideration, along with the following bills en bloc: H.R. 3263, H.R. 3641…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 5949, the FISA reauthorization bill. At approximately 9:45 a.m. this morning, there will be several, up to 25, rollcall votes in order to complete action…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily…

Mr. President, I think all of us understand the gravity of the challenge we face. This so-called fiscal cliff has been subject to parody and comedy routines, but it is very serious. If Congress fails to act, enacting a measure to be signed…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator…

Mr. President, this past week we have all watched, grief- stricken, the terrible school shooting in Newtown, CT, and the heart- breaking funerals of those beautiful little children. There are no words to adequately express our sorrow for…

The American people are watching what we do here. Obviously, their patience is already thin. This is deja vu all over again. America wonders why it is that in this town for some reason you can't get stuff done in an organized timetable…

If we don't see an agreement between the two leaders in the Senate, I expect a bill to go on the floor, and I have asked Senator Reid to do this. Put a bill on the floor that makes sure that taxes on middle-class families don't go up, that…

The key to our success--as it has always been--will be to compete by developing new products, by generating new industries, by maintaining our role as the world's engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation.

These provisions included in the ACA were originally in the Congenital Heart Futures Act, which garnered bipartisan support.

Mr. President, I appreciate the hard work of the chairman, Senator Levin, and the ranking member, Senator McCain, on the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act conference agreement this whole year. They have crafted…