Today 30 child cancer patients were turned away from NIH's clinical center because three-quarters of the staff was furloughed. With that, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews). (Mr. ANDREWS asked and…

There are millions of visitors every year to the Bureau of Land Management. And yet the entire BLM is closed down because of the shutdown. I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the distinguished ranking…

I trust everyone in this body can imagine how much affection and respect I have for the national parks, that which I share with my very good friend from Idaho. We love the National Park System. I love the Smithsonian. When we have that…

I say to my very good friend from Kentucky that that's a wonderful analogy, because this bill is an orphan that you're separating from the parent bill, where it belongs. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro…

I thank my good friend. Mr. Speaker, apparently we're here, largely, because a bunch of folks on the Republican side--Tea Party folks--fancy themselves strict constructionists. But I would remind them that the Founders set up the Senate to…

So it's after 1 a.m. on October 1 and the government has shut down. And what's the best that we could get from the House Republican majority? A proposal to invite conferees to sit down and talk about resolving our differences. The fact is…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the problem with this bill is that it assumes a government shutdown. If it didn't assume a government shutdown, then it wouldn't separate Department of Defense personnel from…

To address this bill in general. This bill is an act of political theater. It attempts to cover up the underlying problem of a government shutdown with what in essence is a rhetorical gimmick. The bill claims to support our troops, which…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the first portion of the divided question will be followed by 5-minute votes…

Since I have only 1\1/2\ minutes, I think I'll let the gentleman from Georgia yield to further speakers, but I do want to ask if the gentleman would yield some time, though, if he has time available, to engage in a colloquy. But on his…

I want to associate myself with the comments of my good friend from Virginia (Mr. Wolf). I completely agree with him that we want both DOD personnel and the personnel of our other Federal agencies to be able to continue to come to work. I…

Let me ask my very good friend from Georgia if he knows why over in the Senate the minority has insisted upon the cloture rule; in other words, filibustering the appropriation rules, and why they have not appointed conferees to the budget…

Mr. President, I thank the Committee leadership for their dedication and cooperation, and I yield the Floor. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise to echo the Senator from Connecticut's comments and to ask the Committee leaders for one more clarification. The issue is the definition of ``excess refining capacity'' and its requirement that it be made available at…

Mr. President, I come here this evening with no notes, so hopefully I will be able to communicate my feelings and concerns from the heart and from the brain about the tasks we are about. We have been focused so much on the Affordable Care…

This vote is about more than these two throwaway provisions, which we know are not going to be taken seriously--and should not--by the Senate or by the country, but I am going to oppose it for another reason: because I used to be very…

On Monday, just about a mile from here, once again, our Nation experienced a horrific incidence of mass gun violence. Our sympathies obviously go out to the friends and the families who lost loved ones in the shooting at the Washington…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Alzheimer's Disease