Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012. The Committees will meet in room 345 of the Cannon House Office Building, beginning at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Health Care of the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security be authorized to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012. at 9:30 a.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 March 22, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 22, 2012, at 9:45 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``International…

Mr. President, today the Senate has the opportunity to vote in support of the STOCK Act. If we vote for the House amendment to the Senate bill, we can send this legislation right to President Obama to be signed into law. That is exactly…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on March 22, 2012. at 10 a.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive…

Mr. President, in a few hours, after votes on two amendments that I hope we will pass, we are going to vote on final passage of the House of Representatives-passed bill, the so-called JOBS bill. I am going to vote against passage of this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be yielded 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, I was not present for rollcall votes 122 126. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on No. 122, ``yes'' on No. 123, ``no'' on No. 124, ``yes'' on No. 125, and ``no'' on No. 126. ____________________

Without continued maintenance dredging of the Federal channel at roughly 3 year intervals, none of these scientific, educational, environmental research, and vital commercial fishing activities could continue uninterrupted.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Korean American Day. I would like to recognize the 109th anniversary of the first Korean immigrants to arrive in the United States and the achievements of the Korean American responsible for bringing…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my support for the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act that passed this body today. The measure will repeal the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, that would limit seniors'…

When you read over the long list of Senator Barbara Mikulski's accomplishments, one word keeps coming up, ``first.'' First woman to be elected to the Senate from Maryland, first woman of her party to serve in both the House of…

I now yield 3 minutes to the distinguished member of our committee, Mr. Blumenauer, from the proud State of Oregon.