Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the RECORDS on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, I stand with enormous respect for my friend, my distinguished colleague, the Senator from Louisiana. I stand also with enormous respect for the amount of care and diligence he puts into each legislative effort that he…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient question? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 185, line 8, after the dollar amount insert ``(increase by $5,000,000)''. Page 221, line 13, after the…

Madam President, as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 297, S. 118; that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as…

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments made by my distinguished colleague, the Senator from California. When Americans see a ``Made in USA'' label on a product, it is a source of great pride. It represents the American virtues of…

Madam President, I am about to engage in a brief colloquy about a unanimous consent request with my colleague, the Senator from California. I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding the previous order, I be able to have 5 minutes to do…

The most fundamental right in our country is voting. The Pew Charitable Trust recently did a study on registration and voting in each State. I am sad to say that my State of Tennessee came out pretty bad. We were 40th in the number of…

I want to commend our United States Department of Justice for reopening the Emmet Till murder case. Emmet Till was a young man who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. The case that was brought to trial in Mississippi charged two…

Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 150, I voted yea. It was my intention to vote nay. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome of the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Today, the House passed a resolution which I authored with the help of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of which Ed Royce is the chairman supporting NATO and the NATO countries that are endangered by Russian aggression, particularly…

Madam President, I rise to speak in favor of this motion, where Congress would have an appropriate role in section 232 of the Trade Act as invoked on national security grounds. This is something that anybody who supports the Senate playing…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on the same topic on which my friend from Pennsylvania just spoke. I want to thank him for laying out the rationale for this vote. I also thank Senator Flake for his efforts. I know Senator Alexander, the…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, I have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk, and I ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Corker]…

My friend from New York is my leader. I recognize that and will yield to him in that respect. I also appreciate his taking the time to organize this evening this very important issue. I think we all realize that the defense of our Nation…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…