Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 or 12 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Research Misconduct

Earlier this year I learned about a case of research misconduct that happened at Iowa State University. A team of scientists was working on a vaccine to fight HIV. One of the researchers, Dr. Han, committed fraud to make it appear as…

Mr. Speaker, the title of the bill is the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, an amendment to it, and it addresses this topic. The topic is how we reach an agreement with the countries that are…

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives and to take up these topics that I appreciate your attention to. As the other Members disperse across this Hill and over to…

Madam President, for many years I have been an advocate for reforming the foster care system and making sure the government is doing the best it can to protect and care for those who are abused, neglected, and particularly when they are…

Mr. President, I rise today to praise the Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Obama's illegal recess appointments. Article II, section 2 of the Constitution provides for only two ways in which Presidents may appoint certain…

Education is the great equalizer--it offers a lifeline to young men and women for whom a successful future is not predetermined.

No student should have to endure something so terrible as sexual assault while they are in college.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3381 to Amendment No. 3378

Mr. President, we worked very hard on this bill to make sure we had good, strong, independent evaluations and reporting requirements. Therefore, I am pleased to rise and speak in opposition to the amendment. We included in the bill…

How much time remains on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 25 minutes remaining on the Democratic side.

I ask unanimous consent that if the final vote on passage is successful, the statement of the managers for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act be printed in the Record immediately following the text of the Senate-passed bill. The…

Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The Senator from Tennessee.

Madam President, I call up managers' amendment No. 3381. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] for Mrs. Murray, for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that from my office Brianna Steirer, Grant Gregory, and Jasper Verhofste be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I am pleased to join with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both Chambers today in taking up the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that is a reauthorization of what we always called the WIA bill, the Workforce…

Mr. President, I thank all of the Senators for their strong affirmative vote for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act, now called the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It is a great bill. A 95-to-3 vote I think…

the most violent countries in the world, 8 of 10 of them are to our southern border.