Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that upon the conclusion of my remarks Senator Boxer be recognized for her remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise today to reiterate my strong support for Tom Perez, a man eminently qualified to serve our country as the next Secretary of Labor. I am pleased that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted…

Today, May 17th, I missed several rollcall votes. Had I been present I would have voted: ``nay''--rollcall vote 155--On Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 216--Providing for consideration of H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory…

I thank the Speaker. With the recent murder conviction of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, we've got to encourage Americans to ask: How different, really, is Gosnell's house of horrors from abortions that occur in clinics throughout the…

Madam President, I wish to thank the distinguished ranking member for her courtesy. I intend to support this nominee for all of the reasons the distinguished chairman has said. (The remarks of Mr. Menendez pertaining to the introduction of…

I now yield 3 minutes to our Democratic whip, Mr. Hoyer from Maryland. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

The gentleman from Arizona keeps talking about the terrible things in the health care reform bill. But let me just say, in his State, if the ACA was repealed, that would mean in Arizona, drug costs for over 65,000 seniors would have been…

How much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Tennessee has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

At this time I'd like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the ranking member of our Budget Committee.

I believe the other side has more time, and so at this time I reserve the balance of my time.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor).

I ask how much time remains on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 5\3/4\ minutes, and the gentlewoman from Tennessee has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I yield myself the balance of the time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just heard the gentleman from Indiana say, We can't do this; we can't do that. I mean, this is the problem with the other side of the aisle, with the Republican side of…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I just want to set the record straight that there is no government takeover in the ACA, which is contrary to what my Republican colleagues are saying. The ACA is built on expanding…

Mr. President, I rise at this moment, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, outraged at the implication that we in the Senate have not done enough to investigate what has happened in Benghazi; that we have not investigated…

I thank the chairman for her remarks. If I may, I would like to further clarify the language and purpose of section 3004. Post- Sandy, there is an acute need for an assessment of the northeast region's storm-protection infrastructure…

I thank the chairman for making this clarification. I agree completely with my colleagues concerning the need for section 3004. Could the language in section 3004 about inclusion of specific project recommendations and feasibility studies…

I rise, Madam Speaker, in strong opposition to the Pay China First Act. This is a Pyrrhic proposal if I ever saw one. By the way, the firefighters are in town today and tomorrow, and I'm going to go to every firefighter I see in…