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Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time en bloc. The legislative clerk read as…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to H. Con. Res. 112, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk…
Madam President, I wish to express my bitter disappointment in the Senate for refusing to move forward with the President's request for emergency funding to deal with the humanitarian crisis we are facing on our southern border with Texas…
Would the chairman tell us again the name of the ambassador nominated by the President to be Ambassador to Guatemala?
Madam President, I would like to say to the Senator from Utah, who is a dear friend and the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, that something magical happened here about 48 hours ago right here in this Chamber. What happened is…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that once I finish speaking--I will talk for less than 10 minutes, and I ask that the senior Senator from Utah, Mr. Hatch, be recognized next. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
I would ask, would the Senator one more time make the unanimous consent request for Todd Robinson.
I would say to my colleagues, as chairman of the homeland security committee, I have been down to a number of Central American countries--Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador. If there is anybody that needs a U.S. ambassador down…
Thanks to you, and I want to thank Senator Hatch and your staffs for working with Dr. Coburn and me on something called improper payments, $106 billion in improper payments last year.
Where there is fraud, we are going to find it and we are going to fight it.
We are doing better, but we could do better still, and this bill will help us to.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Akunna Cook be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of the Bring Jobs Home Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I have never been more optimistic about Africa and about the potential for a U.S. partnership with Africa than I am today. Every year I host a conference in my home State of Delaware called ``Opportunity: Africa'' that…
Mr. President, first let me express my thanks to Senator Grassley for letting me step ahead of him and I thank the Senator as well for a number of courageous votes today. I also express my gratitude to him and to the Presiding Officer. I…
Madam President, let me say to our Republican colleagues, this bill is going back to the House. We can send it back to the House correcting what I think is a misguided approach on pension smoothing. We can knock out that $3 billion pension…
I yield 1 minute of that to Senator King. Oh, great, he has 5 minutes. I would like to have 4 of his minutes. I will start by saying my thanks to Senator Wyden for his leadership as well. I am pleased to be able to support his amendment. I…
Madam President, I understand in the unanimous consent agreement I have 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, that is correct.