Mr. President, I encourage the Members of the Senate to vote favorably on cloture so we can move forward on the important bill on human trafficking. Mr. President, I come to the floor to ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 18, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 18, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 18, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD- 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to…

I think the small businesses need protection before large businesses.

I appreciate my friend and colleague from the Rules Committee yielding me time to speak on this rule. Mr. Speaker, I am going to speak on the rule for H.R. 1030 and H.R. 1029 because I think, frankly, it fits into what I have just been…

We are spending energy talking about raising the minimum wage when we have got great-paying jobs out there.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to celebrate the 191st occasion of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah, Georgia. Among the largest Irish celebrations in the Nation, the St. Patrick's Day Parade is held in the downtown historic district and…

The possibility of a cybersecurity breach at certain levels in this country could be catastrophic.

We expect results.

We are a country of laws, and respect for the law is paramount to our democracy and our way of life.

And, you know, the question becomes, if we are not filling those positions but we funded those positions, then what is happening to the money that was funded for personnel and how is it being spent?

We are going to provide the adequate funding for your agency, but it is going to be on a short string.

They are Superman, so they can act like Superman. They cannot act like Superman.

While it is essential that we protect our borders and enforce our immigration laws, we must grant all people due process and treat them with fundamental human dignity and respect.

We in Congress have been reluctantly moving toward finally getting to a cyber security bill, which, hopefully, we'll do pretty soon.

What bothers me so much here is it just seems like we are rewarding bad behavior.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove the name of the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) from H.R. 1102, the Police Accountability Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…