Thank you for inviting me to testify about the results of our work on border security.

I will present the results of three recent reports on DHS' implementation.

Good morning Chairwoman Miller, Vice Chairman Quayle, Ranking Member Cuellar, and distinguished Members of the subcommittee.

Will EPA have a rule finalized by August 30 to ensure the economic activity continues on the Fort Berthold Reservation?

I come to the floor today to clear up some confusion with respect to the Budget Control Act of 2011. Some have suggested that the Budget Control Act indirectly authorized the Senate to use a fast-track process to modify the…

I rise today to introduce legislation on another matter, important energy legislation for our country. I am today introducing the Hoeven-Conrad-Baucus Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012. In my home State of North Dakota there is…

I wish to thank my esteemed colleague, the Senator from Missouri. I appreciate working with him on many issues, including agriculture, and I share his concern. I have been on the floor of the Senate this week and past weeks, expressing my…

Thank you, Mr. President. I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

I thank the Senator from Michigan, and actually I am going to yield to the good Senator from South Dakota. I know he has a commitment. He will be brief, so I yield to my colleague from South Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

I thank the Chair. I think it is an important decision to get affirmed publicly so that we might proceed and not be engaged in distractions. I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. NIH…

through the Chair, I would say to my colleague, I do have a matter that is a parliamentary inquiry that is a matter that is important for us to resolve. I do not want to intrude on the Senator's time.

I rise on another issue, but I yield at least temporarily to see what the good Senator from Missouri has to say. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Agriculture Disaster

I rise to speak on the need for progrowth tax reform. It is a subject I have been here on the Senate floor speaking about repeatedly over the course of the year and certainly over the course of the recent weeks. Last week the Senate voted…

I rise to speak as if in morning business on the subject of energy. I commend my colleagues for their excellent work on cyber. I look forward to working with them, and I thank them for the incredible amount of work and diligence they are…

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Dakota. Progrowth Tax Reform

In the simplest, most straightforward way, if you would explain to me, how do you ensure that funds from customer segregated accounts are not used by commodity firms?

I also greatly appreciate the support of Senator Conrad from North Dakota as a cosponsor of this legislation.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Hoeven pertaining to the introduction of S. 3445 are located in today's Record under…