Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership and in bringing us together in these important hours on the floor of the House of Representatives to discuss the issues that are of the deepest concern to communities of color, to working families…

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Christensen. I am so proud to be a member of the Congressional Black Caucus with a 40-year history and legacy of fighting for justice and looking out for the most vulnerable and giving voice to people who…

Thank you, Dr. Christensen. I just want to take a moment to yield to my colleague, vice chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus from the great State, my original home State of North Carolina, G.K. Butterfield.

I would like to thank Congresswoman Christensen for the time. And just a reminder that today, April 4, is a sad remembrance in some ways of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, some 43 years ago. It is…

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. With that, I'd like to yield to Congresswoman Christensen.

Thank you, Congressman Butterfield, for your leadership as vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, but also for your reminder of our so important history that is linked both to the struggle of African Americans in this country, to…

I thank the gentleman from New York and appreciate your leadership and your being here this evening to mark this day with us for workers. With that, I yield to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen).

I am really dumbfounded as to why we are here today. I sat back and I closed my eyes, and I remembered that my favorite grade was fifth grade, and now I remember why my favorite grade was fifth grade: because, as my colleague from Colorado…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Minnesota for raising this point of order. I join in support of the point of order. First of all, it is time for us to create jobs, and we haven't created jobs and we are 13 weeks into this Congress…

And how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. There is 30 seconds remaining for the gentlewoman from Maryland.

The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my strong opposition to an amendment made in order under this rule, an amendment which would block the implementation of regulations to prevent pilot fatigue. Our current pilot…

The need for a long-term Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, reauthorization act is clear; but H.R. 658 reauthorizes the FAA for 4 years, and the arbitrary spending cuts that our Republican colleagues have imposed on the agency in H.R…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the period of morning business to be extended until 3 p.m., with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each…

Mr. President, since President Obama took office, the price of a gallon of gasoline at the pump has risen 96 percent--96 percent, from $1.83 to now $3.60, with absolutely no end in sight. Meanwhile, and not coincidentally, the President…

Mr. President, I appreciate everyone's cooperation in trying to help us move the SBIR bill through the Senate this week. It is a very important bill. Hopefully, we can get back on that bill officially this afternoon as the leaders are…

On March 26, 2011, after 12 years of battling multiple myeloma, our country lost one of history's political trailblazers, the Honorable Geraldine Anne Ferraro. Ferraro served as a Congresswoman for the 9th District of New York from…