Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Without objection, it is so ordered. Health Care

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 100…

Madam President, last month, as my friend from Massachusetts just mentioned, the Supreme Court ruled that the Obama administration's Health and Human Services mandate infringes on the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom. This is…

On rollcall No. 393 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

Just last week, folks along the Missouri River were bracing for the river to possibly reach flood stage. Should the basin have received a few more inches of runoff, homes, farms, and businesses would have been inundated with devastating…

I have an amendment at the desk. It is amendment No. 62. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Just turn on the news and you will see reports that highlight the need for a strong and resilient flood protection system as people along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers are bracing for potential floodings. These basins have faced…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be…

Thank you, first, Mr. Murphy, and to the chair, ranking member, and the chairman of the committee. Mr. Chairman, our amendment would transfer a modest amount, as Mr. Murphy stated, $1 million, from the Corps' expense account to the…

There is no bigger problem facing our country right now than getting hardworking Americans back to work with the skills they need to compete in a very tough economy. The biggest travesty is that June marked the 49th month in the last 50…

Mr. President, I wish to speak for a few minutes about the EPA rules on water. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is in Missouri today to discuss the EPA's proposed rule which would significantly expand the authority of the United States…

I thank my friends who have been here talking about this. Both Senator Thune and Senator Barrasso spent so much time on figuring out ways this could work better and obviously it is not working as well as people hoped it would. There is a…

Madam President, I wish to talk today about a couple of issues. This first issue I will address concerns the first freedom and the First Amendment in this country, a matter which people in other parts of the world are seeing in jeopardy…

The other matter I wish to talk about for just a few minutes deals with the disappointing answer Senator Alexander and I got this week from a request we made several days ago about a processing center near St. Louis where the employees…

Thank you, Mr. Blumenauer. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to be here, particularly with Mr. Blumenauer and Mr. Garamendi, who spoke earlier, because they have long histories--longer, in fact, than I have been in the House--of…

Madam President, I thank my good friend from Nevada for yielding a few minutes to me. He is going to speak on an amendment which requires the Senate to pass a budget I am supportive of and support his efforts to do that, but I wish to…

Madam President, I am pleased to join the Senator from Arkansas in introducing this bill. He has been a great person to work with. I also fully associate myself with his comments about our colleagues' ability to amend these bills. Senator…

Mr. President, I want to join our Republican leader in recognizing the birthday of the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. It is possible that nobody ever came to the Presidency with a preparation that exceeded his in…