This bill is just one step in the right direction.

S. 901 is a bi-partisan bill that would establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances.

VVA unequivocally supports S. 901.

I challenge the VA to come forward with a plan to address it, literally within days, not weeks or months.

earlier today the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, of which I am a member, conducted a hearing on the data security breach at the Office of Personnel Management. I am a member of that subcommittee, and…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Data Breach at OPM

I express my strong support for Senator Baldwin's opioid bill, named after Jason Simcakoski.

So no one is personally responsible?

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 so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 203, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

I rise this evening in support of more than 1,700 high school students who happen to be in our Nation's capital, in fact, this week. They are part of the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. During this year's tour, students will participate…

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 5:05 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 18; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 1519 be discharged from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and be referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

But my bill, in your judgment, it will allow those 7 percent of the people to continue to eat all non-GMO food if they chose and to only purchase products that contained a label that reflected that.

The reality is that biotechnology, time and time again, has been proven safe. This is simply not a debatable point.

The fact is scientific consensus on the safety of genetically engineered products is overwhelming.

There is nothing in this legislation that denies any food producer any ability to market their product as non-GMO as long as that is a truthful statement and accurate.