I am pleased to convene the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security for today's hearing entitled 'Intermodal and Interdependent: The FAST Act, the Economy, and Our Nation's…

yesterday, James Comey, the FBI Director, announced that his agency will not recommend that the Department of Justice bring Federal criminal charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding her use of a set of…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for as much time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Former Secretary Clinton's Use of Unsecured Email Servers

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 6, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 6, 2016, at 2 p.m., to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Standards for Protecting Classified Information

I sprinted to the floor when I saw the Senator from Delaware speaking. I have high regard for the Senator from Delaware. I think he is a man of integrity who has served his country well, both in the Navy and in this body. I have traveled…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported amendment be withdrawn, the Fischer substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3110) to provide for reforms…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2016, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2016, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Preparing for and Protecting the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 516, S. Res. 517, S. Res. 518, S. Res. 519. There being no objection, the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 29, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:03 p.m., adjourned until Friday, July 1, 2016, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise to express my concern about troubling new developments in Russia. Russia's Parliament, the Federal Assembly, has just approved so-called antiterrorism legislation that actually criminalizes free speech and that attacks religious…