Mr. Chairman, this amendment is quite simple. It prohibits any funds in this bill from being used to conduct military operations in Libya, a place where I believe we are engaged in an illegal and certainly unauthorized conflict. Mr…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise after spending the week of July 4th in the heartland of America, central Oklahoma, where I had the opportunity to hear the thoughts of the families in my district regarding our economy and the debt. No one…

Madam President, first, I stand in total agreement with everything my good friend from Indiana has said, particularly the emphasis on the time is right; it is now. We have been talking about a balanced budget amendment. We have been…

Mr. President, just a few minutes ago I did introduce and we have a bill number that is S. 1335. It is the Pilot's Bill of Rights. It is very significant that we get this done today, and I will explain why. First of all, when Senator John…

Mr. President, just one comment on the subject at hand, and then I want to talk about something completely different that is very significant happening today. I listened to the Senator from New Jersey down here. He kept talking about only…

Mr. President, I have been listening to the debate this morning. It is concerning to me because as a physician, I am trained to diagnose disease. Disease, if you break that word up, is ``dis'' and ``ease.'' We are not at ease, and I hear…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to continue, since nobody is on the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am sorry. I will finish in just a short period of time. The question then comes over why we would not allow the States to decide whether they think we ought to have a balanced budget. It is true, it will take 5 to 7 years for it to be…

Madam President, first of all, we came back. We weren't anticipating coming back from this recess that we were going to be on. I can't help but think a lot of that was a result of the statements President Obama made, criticizing the Senate…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for such time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Pilots' Bill of Rights

As recently as July 2011, Senator Tom Coburn introduced an amendment to eliminate the presumption of service connection for Vietnam War veterans exposed to the poison Agent Orange.

Mr. President, I advise the senior Senator from New York that I will ask unanimous consent, if it is agreeable to him, that when I finish my few words, we go directly to the vote.

Mr. President, about 3 months ago, one of the results of the last time we raised the debt limit was a report by the Government Accountability Office. Ninety-seven Senators in this body voted to put that in the last debt limit extension…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent the creation of duplicative and…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 521. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant editor of the Daily Digest read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn], for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Collins…

Mr. President, I failed to mention the cosponsors of this amendment, and they are Senator Udall of Colorado, Senators Collins, McCaskill, Burr, Paul, Brown of Massachusetts, and Senator McCain. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

OK. Great. I will withdraw my unanimous consent request. Amendment No. 521 Mr. President, this is a very straightforward amendment. The people who vote against this rule change, what they are going to be telling you is they do not want you…

Again, I will state, if you are against this amendment, you are against eliminating the very cause of our problems in this country, which is duplication, redundancy, overlap, and you are against doing the proper oversight so we make…