Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 6; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:01 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 6, 2015…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 155. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I further ask unanimous consent that the Corker substitute to the resolution be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the Corker substitute to the preamble be considered; the Lee amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 169. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 155) was agreed…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 97 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Let me thank Mr. Van Hollen for yielding. More importantly, I want to thank him for his tireless work as our ranking member on the Committee on the Budget. It is truly a pleasure to serve with him. A budget is a moral document, a document…

Mr. President, again, I thank the Senator from Wisconsin and appreciate his service and his support of this bill. I agree with him, and I wish it were different than it is. The fact is that we will have a right to vote whether to approve…

Madam President, I know the Senator from Arkansas knows I have no issue with taking tough votes, and I would take them all day long. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative…

If I could, Mr. President, the Senator is right; he doesn't offer many amendments, nor do I. But the very first amendment we voted on was the amendment of the Senator from Wisconsin. We had a conversation yesterday which I thought led to…

Mr. President, I thank the ranking member and the ranking member's staff. I thank the minority leader's office for working with us on what was going to be a series of votes, tough votes. I have a sense that the context of this has just…

I would like to thank the Appropriations Committee and the chairman for acting to impose greater discipline on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. We know that the future of nuclear power in the United States depends on having a credible…

I rise first to send my thoughts and prayers to the family of Freddie Gray and the entire city of Baltimore. Today, another family is grieving another young life needlessly cut short; and, again, a community is searching for answers in the…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Wisconsin for his great service on the Foreign Relations Committee. I think he knows there is another amendment offered by another Senator, the Senator from Texas, that I think is very similar to…

I am so pleased that my friend and colleague mentioned cost because I want to point out, again, what it would cost. These furnaces cost $350 more and require as much as $2,200 additional in installation cost. In addition to that, there are…

Thank you, Mr. McGovern, for your leadership and for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this rule and to H.J. Res. 43. This bill would undermine the District's Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act, which would…