Mr. President, today I wish to support Senator Vitter's amendment regarding drug importation from Canada. Senator Vitter has been a tremendous partner and tireless advocate in supporting the comprehensive drug importation legislation…

Thank you, it is Senator Udall of Colorado. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be added as cosponsors of this version of the amendment: Senators Udall, Crapo, Risch, Snowe, Ayotte, Johanns, Nelson of Nebraska, Hoeven, Murkowski, and Johnson of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment, and I call up my amendment, No. 804. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The…

Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

Mr. President, I understand this amendment has been cleared on both sides, and I ask for its adoption. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to implement a…

Mr. President, I wish to update my colleagues on an amendment that Senator Udall of Colorado and I, along with several of our colleagues, filed at the end of debate last night. This is the amendment that would prevent the U.S. Department…

Mr. President, my thanks to the managers of the bill. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont. Amendment No. 816 to Amendment No. 738

Mr. President, I thank again the managers of the bill and the two Senators from Idaho for their help in this matter. I also ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Wisconsin, Senator Kohl, be added as a very prominent cosponsor of this…

Mr. President, I am pleased to support the permanent change to interstate weight limits for Maine and Vermont, an issue I have worked on for more than 10 years. I could not be more pleased with the inclusion of this commonsense legislation…

Mr. President, I hope our colleagues will take a closer look at this bipartisan amendment that Senator Udall and I are offering, with the support of many colleagues. We need to ensure that our schools can maintain the flexibility they need…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado for his excellent remarks. Both of us share the goal that all Americans share for our children--making sure they get a healthy diet. For many children, it is so critical that the School…

Mr. President, I rise this evening to discuss an amendment numbered 757 that I have offered with my colleague from Colorado, Senator Mark Udall, that would protect the flexibility of schools to serve healthy vegetables in the National…

I thank the Chair. Shortly, along with the Senator from Colorado, I am going to discuss an amendment to the Agriculture appropriations bill we have offered. But, first, I am going to yield to the Senator from Texas for the purpose of his…

Mr. President, first, I thank Chairman Murray for her exceptional leadership on this bill. It has been a real partnership, a bipartisan partnership, to deal with some very difficult issues. You see that with the chairman and ranking member…

Mr. President, I also ask unanimous consent that Michael Clarke, a detailee from the Department of Transportation to the Committee on Appropriations, be granted unlimited floor privileges during the consideration of H.R. 2112. The…

Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Murray and myself, I ask unanimous consent that the following staff have unlimited floor privileges during the consideration of H.R. 2112: Heideh Shahmoradi, Brooke Stringer, Carl Barrick, Alex Keenan…