Madam President, I know there is a lot of passion here on the floor regarding this particular legislation. There is probably not a Member on this floor who has not had some semblance of a disaster in the State and for the people they…

Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of my colleague from Texas. I want to add my thoughts to much the same issue. I rise, once again, to address what I believe and what many believe is the most important issue that faces this Congress…

Madam President, earlier this week, through the eyes of the Nation watched the inauguration ceremony here in Washington. A week before that, back in Indiana, I was present for the celebration of the inauguration of Indiana's 50th Governor…

As I travel in my south central Indiana district, I hear frequently two simple requests from my constituents. First, they want us to get our spending and our debt under control. And, second, they want us to work together, collectively…

Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of the minority leader, and I think he essentially gets to the point all of us, in this first week for the 113th Congress, need to be focused on and need to address. This is our first workweek back…

I will remind my distinguished colleague from Indiana that Notre Dame was undefeated this year. It was a very successful season, and we'll just put that on the record. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply humbled to represent the people of Indiana's…

Mr. President, I came to the floor before I heard the announcement that apparently we are closing in, thankfully, on something which I don't have all the details of as yet. So I can't simply say hooray, this is exactly what we ought to do…

Mr. President I wish to thank my friend, my long-time friend whom I hate to see leave this body, Senator Lieberman from Connecticut, for his remarks. I didn't have the opportunity to speak after he gave his farewell remarks. I do wish to…

I want to say this: To make laughter out of this, to ridicule it--it addresses all of us because I have been working with Senators across the aisle and they have been working with us. We all take this very, very seriously. This is not a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Indiana. ____________________

All right. I thank the Chair. I saw some angst on the face of the Chair, and I thought my time was up. Let me just say this to my colleagues. Many of us who watched the President's press conference--no, it wasn't a press conference; the…

Mr. President, could I have 15 seconds just to respond to my colleague? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I do not believe there is anyone in this Chamber who does not understand the devastating impact of Sandy on the Northeast and the pain and the suffering that has come from that. I do not think there is anyone in this Chamber…

Let me just say that we simply are allowing 3 months for the Congress of the United States--representatives of taxpayers' dollars--to assess, document, and justify additional expenditures that go beyond emergency needs. That is what this…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3391. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats] proposes an amendment numbered 3391. (The amendment is printed in the…

Mr. President, I would like to use those 2 minutes, if I could, to sum up. I thank the Senator from Tennessee for his support throughout this whole process. He has been instrumental in helping us work through this to find what we believe…

Mr. President, may I inquire as to how much time is still available before the call up of the vote on the FISA legislation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana has approximately 2 minutes remaining.

Mr. President, I am cognizant of the fact that we will have a series of votes beginning in just 15 minutes, and so even though the unanimous consent request on this amendment is for 30 minutes equally divided, I am going to try to…