Madam President, I have called up Vitter amendment No. 3760, which is verbatim, word for word, the Ron Paul language that was added to the House bill in committee by a strong bipartisan vote. In doing so, I also ask unanimous consent to…

Madam President, on the Senate side, I have been a strong cosponsor and supporter of S. 604 and Senator Sanders' amendment on this bill. I present this different amendment because Senator Sanders decided to modify his amendment late last…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To address availability of…

Madam President, I ask that the Chair notify me after 15 minutes has been used. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will be notified.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3760 to Amendment No. 3739

Madam President, I call up the Vitter amendment which is at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Vitter], for himself, Mr. DeMint, Mr…

Mr. President, representing Louisiana in the Senate, along with my colleague, Senator Landrieu, you can image I have been focused exclusively on the ongoing oilspill, the leak, the ongoing flow that we and the country are battling. Because…

Last week, I introduced H.R. 5126, the Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act. This important legislation restores the popular Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts, which are diminished through taxation and…

Madam President, I ask to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I come to the floor today to pay tribute to a great civil rights leader of our Nation, a woman who was memorialized today at the National Cathedral here in Washington, DC. Of course, I am speaking of Dr. Dorothy Height…

Before I begin on my topic, which is different from the topic of the Senator from Ohio--I thank him for his comments about our focus on small business and assure him, as the Chair knows, that we are doubling our efforts this week to hone…

The DOD's recently released Military Power Report on Iran should be a wake-up call for the President and the leadership here in Congress. While I am glad the Pentagon undertook this assessment, I and most Americans didn't need a report to…

Mr. President, I rise to strongly agree with Chairman Levin that what we have heard in many of these hearings regarding Goldman Sachs' activity and others is extremely disturbing-- outrageous--and I don't support that activity in any way…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri. And this latest smoking gun that's come out is just yet one more example of why the American people are so angry about what happened with this government takeover of health care, with the way it was…

We just got yet another smoking gun in this latest report by the Obama administration on this government takeover of health care. And the report confirms what many of us said: the bill actually increases spending over $300 billion. With…

It's always fun to listen to the debate because clearly both sides are saying the same thing but disagreeing to it. I am actually referencing some of the things we're speaking of. We are told that the health care bill is going to create…

Last week, the nonpartisan Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an actuarial report that shows that the President's new health care law will increase health care costs over and above what was expected; premiums for families…