Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to begin by agreeing with my friend from Massachusetts on a very important point, but perhaps adding a little bit of nuance. I celebrate, probably as much as anybody in this…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2029. The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations that the House…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 566 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 566 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 37 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, December 17, 2015, at 9 a.m…

Mr. President, this past weekend, the officials from the administration traveled 3,800 miles to Paris to attend the international climate negotiations in Paris. As a reminder, this is a program that has been going on now for 21 years. The…

Mr. President, I couldn't help overhearing my friend from Massachusetts talking about something really good that is going to happen; that is, we are going to lift the caps off our exports on oil and gas. I just can't understand why we ever…

The poll found that 97 percent of Americans don't care about global warming when stacked against issues such as terrorism, immigration, health care, and the economy. I remember when it used to be the No. 1 concern of Americans, and…

Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the Feinstein amendment be agreed to; that the committee-reported substitute, as amended, be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and that the motion to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 319, S. 571. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 571) to…

This is the request to move to the calendar number, and the next request would be for the consideration.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, first of all, let me thank the Senator from Connecticut, because it is complicated. This is something that--it is also very difficult to actually explain a bill to 69 people and get that many cosponsors. But it is something…

On December 14th the Government Accountability Office, the GAO, found the EPA violated the Anti-Deficiency Act.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, I want to thank my friend, the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas, for coming down and raising important issues. I am not involved in the negotiations where HUD is concerned…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First of all, I want to thank my good friend from Oregon for coming to the floor and for, frankly, more ably explaining the Customs portion of this legislation than I could. I want to…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 560 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 560 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, and the Senate amendments to H.R. 2250, a…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, I want to begin by agreeing with my friend on the other side on a number of areas. I, too, have concerns about the process by which we operate, and would have preferred a…