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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.J. Res. 122, received from the House and at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution will be stated by title. The legislative clerk read as…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The Remarks of Mr. Durbin are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'')…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 617 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 1 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2012; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…
Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:24 p.m., adjourned until Friday, December 21, 2012, at 1…
There will be a rollcall vote at approximately 2 p.m. tomorrow on the adoption of the Defense authorization conference report. Additional votes are expected and we hope to reach agreement on the supplemental and FISA tomorrow…
Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, I rise first of all to commend a matriarch in my community who passed away a few days ago, Ms. Mavis Donahue, who came to the United States of America from Jamaica. Of course, much of her family came with…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I just don't get this discussion about the fiscal cliff. Republicans are saying that in order to raise taxes on the very wealthiest Americans--and actually, by a historically small amount-- that the price…
Mr. President, I see my two colleagues from Connecticut on the Senate floor. I know they are here to speak about the horrible tragedy in Newtown last Friday. I will abbreviate my remarks on the floor, and I commend both of them for…
Madam Speaker, Albert Einstein once said, ``The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.'' Madam Speaker, we have looked on and done nothing. We in this body, we in this…
That's we'll use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. We won't prevent them all, but that can't be an excuse not to try.
I will use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. We won't prevent them all, but that can't be an excuse not to try.
It was just a dad coming in to meet a dad and a mom and a son.
I have to look at him and pray for him for strength.
When he walked in the room, I realized he has to go to so many families today, and this is not the first time he's had to do this.
My name is Natalie Barden, and I wanted to tell the president that only police officers and the military should get guns. If people want to do it as a sport then they could go to a shooting range, and the guns would not be able to leave…
As a mother and grandmother, I offer my words to the mountains of condolences to the families of the 20 children and the six heroic adults in Newtown, Connecticut. All of America is mourning with you, but we owe you more than our grief and…
Mr. President, pending on the Senate calendar today for consideration is the nomination of Tom Durkin to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Illinois. Tom Durkin is a consensus bipartisan nominee. Senator…