I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m., Monday, February 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

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 5:47 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 8, 2016, at 2 p.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 364, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of Calendar No. 465; that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 363, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The resolution (S. Res. 363) was agreed to…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent…

On rollcall No. 58, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' Personal Explanation

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I want to point out something about Mr. Gohmert. He was speaking about our military a moment ago. He, himself, is a veteran. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam war, and I…

I want to return to our earlier conversation about this idea of a values proposition.

I rise to pay tribute to the great men and women of Nebraska who have served and are serving in the U.S. military. Our State has a rich and powerful history of answering the call to serve. For nearly 150 years, we have witnessed this…

one of the fundamental purposes of this body is to debate some of the biggest issues facing this Nation and to do so in an honorable way. The Senate is for debate but not as an abstraction. It is to be addressing and ultimately solving the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). Without objection, it is so ordered. Honoring Nebraska's Soldiers Who Lost Their Lives in Combat

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on January 21, 2016, at 10:45 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Political and Economic Developments in Latin America…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on January 21, 2016, at 10:45 a.m., in the President's Room in the Capitol. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I rise to thank and congratulate my Environmental and Public Works Committee colleagues on the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act. This legislation will now join the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's sportsmen's package that was…