Yes. The Senator is in the queue because Senator Begich just spoke. That would be great. I thank the Senator very much. I appreciate it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

Mr. President, I ask the Senator from Iowa, Mr. Grassley, is he in the queue to speak?

Mr. President, I have reintroduced the Assuring Contracting Equity, or ACE Act, with a correction to a drafting error in order to ensure increases in contracting goals for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses and qualified…

I know my colleague, the Senator from Minnesota, Ms. Klobuchar, is here today--another prosecutor, another Senator who knows the importance of this law. I very much appreciate her hard work in terms of bringing justice to tribal…

Mr. President, I rise today to express my support for the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. It is important that we are doing this early in the 113th Congress and unfortunate that we have to have this debate again. The Senate…

Mr. President, I have reintroduced the Assuring Contracting Equity, or ACE Act, with a correction to a drafting error in order to ensure increases in contracting goals for service-disabled veteran owned small businesses and qualified…

Water is the lifeblood of the Southwest and we have seen its availability dramatically affected by extreme climate events.

In the face of these challenges I'm calling on parties to seek cooperation, not conflict.

You will work with us to bring down that price tag and do everything possible to create some efficiencies.

I think the B-61-12 modernization program is very important to our Nation, and I fully support it.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about our efforts to change the Senate rules. For the second time since I have been in the Senate, the constitutional option has been crucial. It has pushed this body to seriously look at changing the…

Madam President, once again let me say at the beginning it is a real pleasure to see my old attorney general colleague, now the Senator from North Dakota, Heidi Heitkamp, in the chair presiding over the Senate, and also to see the Senator…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my friend, the Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I appreciate this opportunity to speak today, along with Senator Heinrich, and I'm very pleased to introduce Mr. Kenneth Gonzales to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico.

Ken has made Indian country prosecutions a priority in the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Three of my Senate colleagues who have just been elected are in the Chamber. I think one of the best things about this new class of Senators who have come into the Senate is they have studied this issue, they understand this issue, they…

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about our efforts to change the Senate rules. As we began the 113th Congress on January 3, Senators Merkley, Harkin, and I submitted a resolution to reform the Standing Rules of the Senate. Thirteen of…

The Senator made some nice comments about me--he was probably a little too generous--and I wanted to also thank him for all the work he has done on this issue. He has been a passionate voice for change, and he and I have both reached out…