Madam President, recently there was a disturbing poll in the Washington Post. It said that most Americans fear that the American dream is passing them by. Almost 65 percent worry that they cannot make ends meet with their current incomes…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 26, 2013, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee…

For this hour of majority time, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators have 15 minutes each: Senator Udall of New Mexico, Senator Merkley, Senator Baldwin, and Senator Whitehouse. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 26, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 26, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on September 26, 2013, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 26, 2013, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Outside the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Newborn Screening Saves Lives: The Past, Present…

Five years ago, our economy went off a cliff. We all remember how bad it was. Wall Street crashed, great industries faced ruin, trillions of dollars in savings of American families gone, wiped out. That was the reality. It was a nightmare…

we are expanding Medicaid, we have a Republican Governor, who is doing that.

And I want to know what that impact of continuing that kind of a balanced approach, where you are reducing and you are raising, has on the Federal deficit over the next 25 years.

this sequester then leads to, particularly in the military, an inability to do that innovation and research and have that translate to economic growth in the economy.

The deficit and the debt are stark and striking and require us to do something because they are incredibly serious.

what is the impact on our economy if we weren't to address that and make sure that the full faith and credit of the United States--

I think for the purpose of the average consumer, if they're looking at Western Atlantic bluefin tuna, and they believe stocks to be down 80 percent from where they were historically... they don't feel like that is a wise choice, a…

Mr. President, September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. This is a time to remember and to celebrate the integral role of Hispanic Americans in the economy, culture and identity of our Nation. In New Mexico, we…

I think we all want to be responsive to an issue that frustrates many of our constituents and project developers, that is, project delays.

I think the important thing here is sometimes it takes a good solid collaborative effort to get it done right.