Well, the distinguished Senator is absolutely right. One would think this would be the time to just pass it. And frankly, if not, because we know the House committee has a little different view on commodities, we offered to sit down all…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate resume legislative session. The PRESIDING…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Michigan.

Citizens United v. FEC is one of the most destructive Supreme Court decisions in the history of this country. It unleashed the floodgates for unlimited expenditures on elections; ignored factual records; disregarded congressional intent…

Mr. President, I am not sure the House has completed the vote yet on a partial disaster assistance program, but I am rising to urge colleagues in the House to join with us in passing the Agricultural Reform Food and Jobs Act, commonly…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from North Dakota for allowing me to take a few moments to speak when he was waiting his turn. I wish to also say Senator Hoeven has been a terrific member of our Agriculture Committee, coming in, in his…

Mr. President, I would suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the…

Madam President, I rise today to strongly urge my colleagues to support the nomination of an outstanding judge, Gershwin Drain, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. We will have an opportunity to vote…

I thank the gentlelady. I thank you for commanding this time to call attention to people, heroes of life like Father Frank Pavone. Congressman Ron Paul, one of our colleagues, shared a poem with me on the floor one day. It caught my…

How much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Arizona has 7 minutes remaining.

How much time is left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Arizona has 5 minutes remaining.

I'm pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney), a senior Member of the Congress.

May I inform my colleagues that the Planned Parenthood organization will score today's vote, as will NARAL Pro-Choice America score today's vote. Now, Members, let no one be fooled, no matter what title you want to give the measure that's…

I yield myself 1 minute. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, when the American people expect us to focus on putting people back to work, we find ourselves again playing politics with women's health, pandering to the most radical interest…

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee of Oakland, California.

I would remind the gentlelady that we have jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, but we do not have the prerogative to produce unconstitutional programs for them like H.R. 3803. I now yield such time as he may consume to the…

May I remind the previous speaker that women's doctors know a lot more about this subject matter than Members of Congress. And now with great pleasure I yield 1 minute to the Honorable Ted Deutch from Florida, a member of the House…

I am proud now to recognize the delegate from Washington, D.C., an excellent Member of this body, Eleanor Holmes Norton, for as much time as she may consume.