I'd like to thank Representative Turner for giving me this opportunity to speak in favor of his amendment. He's been a leader on this issue, and I applaud his efforts and commitment to this cause. Currently, there's no minimum punishment…

I want to thank the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee for yielding me time. I also want to thank him for his tremendous leadership, and Mr. Smith, as well, in crafting a bill that brings solutions to combat sexual violence in…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Vermont. I appreciate what he has said about this issue. This is a debate we need to undertake, and we are doing so. We are doing it in a way that the Senate in my previous experience has…

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll.

Last night the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. Included was a provision I sponsored, along with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, to extend whistleblower…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague and couldn't agree with him more on a number of the things he listed; in particular, the so-called affordable care act, which is anything but affordable. I found out, as I traveled across the State of…

Mr. President, I am here to talk about the importance of a bipartisan, commonsense, 5-year farm bill to Indiana's agriculture and rural communities as well as our entire country. This bill, passed with bipartisan support in the Agriculture…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from South Carolina for bringing this forward. We have implemented now another set of sanctions. There is still some question as to whether sanctions will succeed and bring about the result we want, but…

Mr. President, the first thing I want to do is extend our sincere regrets over the tragedy which occurred in Oklahoma. Sincere thoughts and prayers are coming from many Hoosiers for those people who have suffered greatly. Last year we had…

Mr. President, I rise to offer my support for the sugar reform amendment being offered on the farm bill by Senator Shaheen. This important amendment would begin a reform process that deals with a complicated and burdensome program that…

On rollcall No. 170 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Latham). The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on…

I thank my good friend from Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I'm proud to stand here tonight as a member of this Problem Solvers Coalition. The coalition offers a common ground for lawmakers to make government work better and to negotiate solutions…

When ObamaCare was being debated, its champions and cheerleaders indicated it would create 4 million jobs, including 400,000 jobs almost immediately. I find it deeply disturbing, then, that when I travel back to my district in Indiana, I…

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle can try as much as they would like today to distract the people from the real issue at hand. But the fact remains today that ObamaCare was bad policy when it was enacted, and it's getting worse…

Madam President, Thomas Jefferson once said: The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society. The foundation of this society…

This week the House is voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act for the 37th time. In every congressional district, there are seniors, new mothers, young children, low-income families, and young adults just starting out on their own. Do my…

Madam President, may I inquire as to how much time I am allowed on morning business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There are 10-minute allotments for the Senators. ____________________

Thank you to my good friend and my colleague from Indiana, Representative Messer, for organizing this Special Order tonight. It has been, Representative Messer, over 3 years since ObamaCare was signed into law. In a recent Senate Finance…