Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4581, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative…

As a representative from Kansas' 4th Congressional District, I am honored to represent many farmers and ranchers in Kansas.

It is crucial that we have these conversations now so that we can renew AGOA before it lapses next September.

Agriculture trade is a key way the Sunflower State connects with the rest of the world.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions: S. Res. 727 and S. Res. 728. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolutions en…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 4581)…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 26, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 35, line…

Mr. Chair, I thank the Chairmen, and one of my favorite ranking members. Mr. Chairman, part of what we are trying to accomplish here--we are going to have two amendments basically in different categories doing this--is if we look over some…

You have a much higher degree of expertise. Both of you do in regard to VA issues. I do taxes and Medicare financing. One of the reasons we were hopeful about this is because it is sort of a closed ecosystem. It gives us the chance, as we…

Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz) for the purpose of a colloquy.

Mr. Chair, this is sort of a derivative of the previous amendment. The previous amendment was to speed up and expedite claims. This one is actually now to crawl through, and if my colleagues geek out like I do on how the artificial…

Mr. Chairman, to the Members here: I appreciate the kind words. Mr. Chairman, we are on the edge of a revolution of being able to understand these massive data sets. If we do this well, maybe the constant conversation we have here between…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to my intern on my staff for today, Humberto Nicholas Ibarra. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlewoman being willing to tolerate me and engage in that. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr…

Medicare spending, when I checked about 6 weeks ago, was already up 10 percent in spending this fiscal year.