Mr. President, I yield the floor to my colleague, Senator Coats. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana. Wasteful Spending

Mr. President, I just want to again thank Senator Menendez for his tremendous leadership on this issue. He brought up a point I wish I had made in my opening comments. I have made it every time I have presented this bill elseways. But a…

Mr. President, I am thrilled to be here on the floor with my partner, Senator Ben Cardin, who is the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. We had an outstanding week last week in our Foreign Relations Committee in passing out…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 1140, which is the text of the substitute amendment to S. 615, which was reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am so thrilled we are beginning our day talking about doing good things for other people. Today, I rise to recognize and to pay tribute to the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Tomorrow, April 24, is recognized as Federation Day, and…

Chattanooga, Tennessee, the great State of Tennessee, and our Nation lost a wonderful man last Friday. Scotty Probasco, my dear friend, passed away suddenly. All of this week, we have had memorials, tributes, eulogies--all justly deserved…

There was a story in today's Washington Post about the Salk vaccine being approved for usage in this country 50 years ago, on April 12, 1955. There was a picture of a second-grade student getting a shot as a test case in 1954. It brought…

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Jolly), one of our colleagues from the Appropriations Committee handling Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations.

I think it is so important for us to note that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino) has been the primary author of this legislation and has brought to the table to work on this bill his experience of 7 years as a U.S. attorney--10…

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Costello), a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee who has worked through this issue with some veterans.

Mr. President, 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 with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 139, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor Gov. Norm Bangerter, who served as Utah's 13th Governor from 1985 to 1993. He was truly an extraordinary man and an exceptional leader. He passed away this past Tuesday, April 14, at the age of 82. He…

Let me thank you, Congresswoman Watson Coleman, for yielding and for hosting this important Special Order on the need to provide all Americans a good-paying job and the right to form a union. I want to thank you for your tremendous…

Mr. President, I would like the Record to reflect that had the vote on the Schatz motion to instruct conferees been conducted by a rollcall vote, I would have voted nay. Bennet Motion to Instruct The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:28 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer…

I appreciate the recognition and the opportunity to revise and extend my remarks and to address the body of the House. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues all know, this is the week that the American people will strike that check to the Internal…