Very good. That is very helpful.

I am working with Senator Tester on the Homeless Vets Reintegration Reauthorization Program, and that includes homeless women veterans with children.

I want to ask about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Death

today we honor the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death. We all know the tragic story: On the evening of April 14, 1865, the 4-year anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War and just days after its end at Appomattox, President…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 11, nays 89, as…

I call up my amendment No. 1118. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Cotton] proposes an amendment numbered 1118. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To…

I want to replace the SGR permanently, but I also want to do it correctly. This bill has two payment models in the future. The first 4 years would give physicians a half-percent increase. In future years, though, CMS would be empowered to…

Regarding consumer protection, I agree with my colleagues that this bill does not weaken any current laws. It protects consumer access to affordable credit; it preserves the consumer's choice; it helps Americans achieve financial…

Thank you, Mr. Fincher, for yielding on this important measure, and thank you for your leadership. Mr. Speaker, it pains me to stand in opposition to my friend, the ranking member of the committee, and in support of H.R. 650, but I believe…

It was clear to me then that the promises of the ACA were in conflict with each other--expanding coverage, improving health care, while lowering cost--but, sadly, it is clear to me now that the law has not delivered.

We have spent the last several years looking at how we were going to report.

We are in a business where the more people we can put into our restaurants, the better we can perform.

We have about 200 employees right now.

In all fairness to the IRS, and I know it is hard to believe I would say that, but it is really the legislation, the big soup that was created in the legislation, that put the IRS in a very difficult position.

I move to waive the applicable provision of the Budget Act, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second.

I know Guantanamo Bay operations are a controversial matter in this Chamber. This amendment does not address that. I took a group of Senators to Guantanamo Bay a couple of weeks ago. Soldiers are living in substandard barracks…

this amendment establishes a reserve fund to ensure the Fish and Wildlife Service considers the cumulative economic impact of a critical habitat designation and not just the incremental impact when listing a previously designated critical…