Thank you. As you know, I share your passion for ending fee diversion and ensuring the sustainability of PTO funding.

I think our responsibility working together to deter Iran and contain Iran is more urgent and more difficult than ever before.

I agree, and I hope we can make some great progress on that this year.

IP is important to our economy.

These are the people, the men and women of small business across America, who will create the next generation of products, of foods, of services that we will love or the medicines we need to live.

I'm not going to be a Vice President who just goes to funerals.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor the 73rd Postmaster General of the United States, Patrick ``Pat'' R. Donahoe, upon his retirement, for his leadership, vision and commitment to the U.S. Postal Service, and for his service to our…

Amendment V: ``No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual…

We need to continue to invest in research and development to drive innovation and progress in science and technology.

Mr. President, I come to the floor today at the start of this new year and this new Congress to speak about how we can and why we must work together to improve the Affordable Care Act. Since work on health care reform really began in…

the vice president of the United States, Joe Biden, we have learn, will attend funeral services for one of the two fallen officers.

The president and I are literally from different generations. He's a millennial. I'm a millenial-and-a-half.

Mr. President, I wish to offer my heartbroken condolences to the people of Pakistan and to the friends and family, the parents and loved ones, of those murdered yesterday at the Army Public School in Peshawar. As the Pakistan military…

Madam President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote in a few minutes to confirm Sarah Saldana to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A number of our friends have come to the floor opposing Ms. Saldana's…

Madam President, over the past few years I have had the great privilege, along with Dr. Tom Coburn, to chair the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Our committee has many responsibilities, one of those being oversight…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Don Marfisi

As in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 5816, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk…

I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…