We export about 20 to 25 percent of the poultry that we raise.

If we had access, we believe that total exports would be $600 million, making them the third-largest market.

I think that anybody would say the best argument against it would be the lack of collaboration and participation from large groups of people.

As many of us recall, on October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in my part of the United States. Its impacts up and down the east coast were devastating and heartbreaking. New York, New Jersey, and parts of New England were hit…

Mr. President, I say to the Presiding Officer, former Governor Manchin, I wish to follow on the comments we just heard from Senator Portman, who, as he said, served in two administrations--in one of them as OMB Director, in the other as…

Mr. President, while Senator Chiesa is still on the floor, I want to take a moment to say to him how much we have enjoyed getting to know him, work with him, and come away with a wonderful--not just a first impression but a lasting…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Superstorm Sandy

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time. I just would like to thank the sponsors, Mr. Heck, Mr. Renacci, and other veterans, Mr. Cotton, the Members from the Democratic side who cosponsored this, and all the Members of the House…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. About a year ago, I talked to a young marine from Magnolia, Delaware, in my district. He had been wounded in Afghanistan and was home recovering. I had called him really just to wish…

Our objective is pretty simple, Mr. Duffy laid it out, is to drive more liquidity, more activity to the smaller cap companies.

I have been working with Mr. Duffy on this tick-size issue, so I have been listening very carefully to the discussion over the last three questioners.

In conclusion, I will briefly touch on our options. We have all heard on this floor Senators suggest that default is really not that big a deal, that we are not really going to default, that there are other ways around this, and that we…

Mr. President, in just 3 days, barring some action by Congress, the Treasury Department of the United States will run out of options for preventing default on this Nation's debts for the first time in our history, setting off a chain of…

Mr. President, I have heard a number of speeches from my colleagues on the floor today, both while presiding and in the last few moments, that call on President Obama for Presidential leadership to help us reopen the government, address…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time until 7 p.m be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with Senators on the majority side limited to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I would like to start by reading a letter I received this week. So many of us in the Senate are operating with furloughed staff, and we are doing our best to read and respond to the letters we are getting from home, the…

Mr. Speaker, it is time to end this destructive government shutdown. It just doesn't make any sense, and it's hurting people, and it's hurting the economy. While Congress is wasting time on the shutdown, we have important work to do. We…

Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry, if I may. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware will state his inquiry.