We have a lot of requests for speakers to be heard. I am going to put myself at the end of the line so that everyone else can get in there first. The order is going to be Senator Boxer, and I understand she might want to share a little…

Will the Senator yield? I have a favor to ask. I will give the Senator from Utah all the time in the world, but he originally asked to speak for 5 minutes. I plan to respond to the issues he is talking about, which I don't happen to agree…

Mr. President, let me first of all thank the Senator from Wyoming. It is interesting that every time we are involved in something--it could be reconciliation, the budget or the highway bill-- he is always in the center and he has always…

Mr. President, I wish to address very briefly the comments made by one of the Senators earlier about how bad this bill is. I think it is important for us to understand that it shows us how difficult a bill like this is because we are…

Mr. President, I would ask the Chair the time remaining for the proponents and opponents? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona has 1 minute remaining, and the Senator from Oklahoma has 15 seconds. The Senator from Arizona.

Madam President, before we get too wrapped up with our concern for the Syrian refugees, let's keep in mind that this administration doesn't have a policy in the Middle East today and hasn't had one since it came into office. It doesn't…

Mr. President, I would have objection to that request if I am not able to respond to the comments she makes.

Let me ask you about some perspective things, as well.

I hope that caucus meeting goes extremely well.

It is a national issue for us. It is not a D.C. issue. It is a border-to-border issue, that we are dealing with a rapid rise in addiction and the consequences that come with that and the destruction on families and communities that are…

Good. So, you have a tremendous amount of experience you walk into this with.

OK. Let me ask a little bit on the backlog issue, as well.

We had people who had been nominated 2 years ago, waited 2 years to get people confirmed. That is awful and we have to do a whole lot better than that.

Thank you, Mr. President. That was actually the first thing I was going to say, that we refer back to Senate rules that we are to address the Presiding Officer rather than each other, and I appreciate the Presiding Officer acknowledging…

Mr. President, I have been able to sit in and listen to the debate today about bringing forward a bill that will do two simple things: remove funding from the single largest provider of abortions in the country, an organization that has…

What is the speed, typically, that they can get an answer to that?

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage Members to support these resolutions. In 1996, Congress passed and the President signed into law an important tool for ensuring our three branches of government stay true to the…

Let me mention just a couple more. I have a real concern that our Social Security Administration is not sharing what is called the death master file. That may seem like a macabre comment, but what happens is, if we don't share the death…