Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 7; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Alexander-Murray substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to. I further ask that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made…

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 6:28 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.

Senators should expect a cloture vote on the pending substitute amendment at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. ____________________

Mr. President, before I propound my unanimous consent request, let me just applaud my friend from Texas. I had a hard time believing it when they said they were going to be negotiating with a terrorist, they were going to negotiate with…

Mr. President, I am a little confused about our scheduling. I know I was supposed to be speaking at 5:05 p.m. We do want to get back to where we are going back and forth. I know my good friend from Ohio wishes to be recognized next for a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 173. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution…

Mr. President, I say to my friend from Delaware, I appreciate his remarks. It is seldom people will thank people for the time and effort they spend and the successes they have. Even though he is located so close to Washington that he is…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Tillis). The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 170, National Travel and Tourism Week; S. Res. 171, National…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 61, S. 1124. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

The mission, though, originally, and you probably have done a lot of study on this, all the way back to 1970, was to list, but also to delist if you are successful.

The Endangered Species Act must be reformed to clarify the focus and achieve real results.

The Endangered Species Act has gone from a well-intentioned piece of legislation in the 1970s to one that is dictated by environmental activist groups taking advantage of the adversarial system.

I think sometimes people try to say that conservatives or Republicans are not concerned about a species.

The Endangered Species Act has to be reformed to clarify the focus and achieve real results.

This will have profound impacts on the habitat and on our ability to continue to produce timber in the Black Hills.