I call up my amendment No. 1116, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee], for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Crapo…

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk…

Mr. President, just 2 weeks after the Senate passed a 10- year balanced budget, we find ourselves on the very brink of passing a bill that would promptly unbalance it. We find ourselves on the brink of passing a bill that would promptly…

Mr. President, we are here today because our Medicare status quo is not working and it hasn't been working for a long time. For decades, Medicare has been on a path to insolvency. In 1997, Congress attempted to impose some fiscal…

First, let me thank Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. for hosting this important Special Order. I appreciate your leadership in organizing this important discussion on the state of Black Health in America. Madam…

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…

Thank you, Mr. President. I certainly appreciate the statement of my good friend, and we have talked a good deal about this. I believe we ought to pay for everything we do around here. There are all kinds of ways for paying for things…

Mr. President, the Federal Government owns almost two-thirds of the land in Utah and almost half of the land in the 11 coterminous States in the Western United States. But unlike other property owners, the Federal Government does not pay…

I ask my colleagues to vote for this amendment which would allow us to bring PILT into conformity with what these jurisdictions would otherwise receive from taxation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

Mr. President, this amendment, amendment No. 855, would create a budget point of order--a point of order that would make it clear it is not in order to consider a debt ceiling increase using reconciliation instructions under this budget…

I want to thank Chairman Pitts for the work that he has done on this, as well as the other members of our committee. I do rise today in support of H.R. 2. I think every one of us have constituents who are Medicare enrollees who tell us the…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. Also, let me just say, our budget employs the 10-20-30 formula championed by our leader, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn). By directing at least 10 percent of Federal spending into areas…

Let me thank the gentleman for yielding, and also thanks to you and Congressman Grijalva for your tremendous leadership of the Progressive Caucus and for crafting this people's budget--which is a people's budget. Today, millions of…

I thank the gentlewoman for the time. You see, when we talk about what will be accomplished by our budget and we talk about fairness, it is imperative that the spending be brought under control. What we are bringing forward is a way for us…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding, and I also thank him for his tremendous leadership in continuing to craft the Congressional Black Caucus' budget and also for his work as ranking member on the Education and the Workforce…

I want to thank Ms. Moore. She is still on the floor and serves on the Budget Committee with us. She is such a good, productive, and contributory member of that committee. I appreciate the perspective that she brings, and I know that she…

I thank Mr. Van Hollen for his leadership as our Ranking Member on the Budget Committee and I thank him for his commitment to helping America's working families. Mr. Chair, as I've said--our budget is a statement of our national…