Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Veterans' Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 4 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I ask unanimous consent that the Murray amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the concurrent resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening…

Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 204, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 204) designating June 7, 2011, as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements be printed in the Record…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 203, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 203)…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the matter be…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that from Friday, May 27, through Friday, June 3, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that from Thursday, May 26, through Friday, June 3, the majority leader, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Webb be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, the first rollcall vote when we return will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 6. That vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Donald Verrilli to be Solicitor General of the United States…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:30 p.m., adjourned until Friday, May 27, 2011, at 9:30…

My biggest fear is we are going to start being dependent on foreign food and foreign oil.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Budget

I sincerely hope that we do not make the mistake of creating that cliff.

It is somewhat hypocritical that certain States got exempt when one State whose basketball team is named the Timberwolves is left with no wolf management funds.

I know he asked about the Ryan budget, the Republican budget that came over from the House...

I think it is right. And then the Deficit Commission, which was a bipartisan effort, actually is very different.