Mr. President, I rise to address one of the most difficult issues we have faced in this bill, an issue on which the Armed Services Committee spent a great deal of time, in fact more time than on any other issue this year. It is the issue…

Mr. President, I am very pleased that my colleague Senator Klobuchar, who has been such a leader in this area, has joined me on the Senate floor and I yield the floor to her. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.

Mr. President, I am very pleased to be here on the Senate floor with my friend and colleague from Minnesota Senator Klobuchar as we submit an important resolution. This month is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month. Alzheimer's is a…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Ms. Collins and Ms. Klobuchar pertaining to the submission of S. Res. 303 are printed in today's Record under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013, or the ``CURB Act.'' This legislation is designed to help relieve the onerous regulatory burden on our Nation's job creators. When I ask…

First, I wish to commend the senior Senator from Maryland, the dean of the women Senators, for organizing this debate today on an issue that concerns each of us; that is, the growing crisis of sexual assault in the military. I first raised…

Mr. President, thousands of Mainers are receiving notices that their health insurance is being canceled due to ObamaCare. This past weekend I talked with Mark Pendergast, the owner of a small landscaping company, who just found out that…

Yesterday was Veterans Day. Its origin began 95 years ago on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The armistice was signed marking the end of World War I. The next year we saw the first commemoration of Armistice Day, which…

Mr. President, Sergeant Lawrence A. Roukey, a native of Maine, was honored today for his exceptional service and sacrifice by the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, in a ceremony at DIA Headquarters. SGT Roukey was among four servicemembers…

Mr. President, we are about to make history in this Chamber by passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, more commonly known as ENDA. We will establish the principle that the right to work free from discrimination is a fundamental…

Madam President, I rise this morning in high hopes but with deep concern. The high hopes are that a budget conference at long last is taking place, that representatives of the Senate and the House are meeting together--met last week and I…

Mr. President, tomorrow we will take a vote on Senator Toomey's amendment and on cloture and final passage. There may not be time, as we are wrapping up the work on this bill, for me to pay tribute to some very valuable individuals who…

Mr. President, before the Senator from Oregon leaves the floor, I wish to thank him for his leadership on this bill. He picked up the mantle from our dear late colleague Senator Ted Kennedy. Senator Merkley had worked on this issue in his…

Madam President, I call up Reid amendment No. 2020. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins], for Mr. Reid, proposes an amendment…

Mr. President, I rise to thank the Senator from Alaska for her powerful endorsement of this bill. She is a member of the HELP Committee. Along with Senators Mark Kirk and Orrin Hatch, she led the Republican support for this bill when it…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume consideration of S. 815 and the pending Portman amendment; that the Toomey second-degree amendment be withdrawn; that the Senate proceed to a vote on the Portman amendment…

Madam President, I rise to commend the Senator from Ohio for bringing forth this very worthwhile initiative, which the Senate passed without dissent just about an hour or so ago. His amendment is a very important amendment. What it simply…

Madam President, I again want to commend the Senator from New Hampshire, Senator Ayotte, for her excellent work on this amendment. As I indicated earlier, I think the Portman-Ayotte amendment, which is cosponsored by several other…