Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:53 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, September 22…

Mr. President, we as a Nation treat bugs in a very unique way. There is a little bug called the American burying beetle. They are in many areas of the country. They are all over Oklahoma. In southeastern Oklahoma, in a lot of areas where…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 257. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 140, S. 1109. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1109) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Vitter amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res…

Mr. President, first of all, I am going to make a reference to a 20-week sonogram. I will introduce, however, Donelle Harden. I am a little bit biased, but I think she is the best communication director in the U.S. Senate, and you can see…

I will never forget it. It was primarily driven by Vice President Gore to do away with the live range down there.

It's unclear to what extent the air marshal program is reducing risk to aviation security, despite the more than $820 million annually that is spent on the program.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for allowing us to bring this to the floor. This is one of those commonsense bills that, unfortunately, requires Congress to act. Several tribes before us have obtained legislation like this from Congress to…

Chevron Deference I think is one of those areas that has grown up and is now out of control in many ways.

I thank both Senator McCaskill and Senator Heitkamp for their support and work on this.

we have this crazy belief that the government still is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

I do think the analyses will be better done if agencies know they are going to be subject to review.

As Senator Lankford pointed out earlier, for particularly toxic regulation, the costs are up front.

My hope is that is now where we are going, that we are just like it was a dirty river before, it is still a dirty river, we are moving.

This will affect my State dramatically. It will affect the whole Country pretty dramatically.