Mr. President, I would like to pay tribute today to the life of TSgt Joseph G. Lemm who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan. It was his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. Joe was born in Dubuque, IA, and lived in the nearby…

Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for their commendation of the 150th anniversary of the University of Iowa College of Law. This makes it the first law school west of the Mississippi to reach that milestone. In the past 150 years, the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have my letter to Senator McConnell dated December 17, 2015, printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate…

Mr. President, at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, an omnibus appropriations bill was filed to keep government operating for the remainder of this fiscal year. This bill, which will be voted on by the House on Friday, includes a straight and…

So this is where the years of work to reform EB-5 have come. So this is how several years of work ended--a reform blocked by selfish interest. I have to be an optimist around here, and I believe that, eventually, right wins out. It is time…

Will the Senator yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa has the floor.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I will not question what the minority leader just said, but it seems to me we ought to know who that Senator is besides the minority leader because Senator Wyden and I have worked very hard over the last 10 years, and we finally got done…

Madam President, the Project on Government Oversight is a nonpartisan, independent watchdog that has been advocating good government reforms for decades. In this letter the Project on Government Oversight expresses its support for this…

Madam President, I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter I received yesterday from the Project on Government Oversight. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows…

Mr. President, first of all, I wish to compliment Senator McCaskill and Senator Johnson for their leadership in bringing this bill out of their committee--a committee I don't serve on but a bill that is very important to the oversight work…

Mr. President, according to press reports, this administration may be just weeks away from lifting sanctions on Iran. This is despite Iran's recent actions that indicate they have little intention to comply with the terms of the agreement…

May I ask on whose behalf the minority leader is objecting? Is it on his own behalf or on behalf of another Senator?

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 6 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means--and I am delighted he is the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means--for yielding. I rise in support of the conference report of the Customs bill. It has got many…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor my good friend and the Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad. Monday marks his historic milestone as the Nation's longest serving Governor with 7,642 days in office working for our great State of Iowa. Our…

Madam President, I wish to honor Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on a very historic milestone. On December 14 of this year, Governor Branstad will become the longest serving Governor in the Nation's history. He breaks a record set by Governor…

Mr. President, in his 2013 confirmation hearing, FBI Director James Comey called whistleblowers ``a critical element of a functioning democracy.'' That is what I have been saying for years. Whistleblowers expose waste, fraud, and abuse…