Madam President, I ask to be recognized to engage in a colloquy with my good friend from Iowa, the Chairman of the HELP Committee, Senator Harkin. I want to thank the Chairman for his leadership on this bill, the Food and Drug…

I inquire of how much time remains on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Michigan has 9 minutes remaining.

I have no additional speakers, so I will reserve the balance of my time.

Madam President, I rise to ask the Senate to protect public health, not polluters, and to protect clean air over corporate profits. Upholding the mercury and air toxics standard means keeping toxic mercury, arsenic, lead, and other…

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I won't use all the time. I just want to stress, again, that the process of getting this bill passed and moved both here and in the Senate has been just a great model, if you will, for what we can do when we want to…

Thank you, Chairman Waxman. I want to say I'm very proud to support the bill before us, which would reauthorize and revitalize a number of different programs at the FDA. This bill really represents a great compromise between the House and…

Access to affordable higher education is one of the reasons that our country is so great. As someone who lives in the gateway to America, I have seen firsthand the transformational power of education. However, access to higher education is…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Boxer for her leadership in resisting these attempts to be able to permit companies to continue to pollute the air, a risk to our children, and marshaling the forces to say no to this. I feel this may be a…

I ask unanimous consent to remove Congressman Harold Rogers and Congressman Rick Berg from H.R. 3238. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Amodei). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey? There was no objection…

Madam President, I rise to challenge the obstinacy of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to prevent us from doing anything that can help ordinary families in our country get back on their feet and succeed. As a matter of fact…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 12 noon today, the Senate proceed to executive session and that the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the cloture vote by which cloture was not invoked on Executive Calendar No…

Mr. President, I rise today because there is an epidemic hovering over America, and we ought not to stand by and let it continue. A staggering one-third of Americans are obese a condition that can endanger health and shorten lifespan…

Mr. President, I rise to speak against the Paul amendment No. 2182, which would cripple the food stamp program. I have to tell my colleagues that there is an aura of wonderment around here that says: Look, let's cut food stamps for hungry…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a fellow in Senator Sanders' office, Rebecca French, be granted floor privileges for the duration of consideration of S. 3240, the Agricultural Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012. The PRESIDING…

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

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the…