Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, June 5; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Inhofe. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Madam President, I am pleased to work with Senator Inhofe on this matter. ____________________

Madam President, in 25 days, the cost of attending college, a trade school, a university, or a 2-year community college will increase for some 380,000 students in my State of Ohio. It is because without congressional action--something…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the HELP Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 462 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Madam President, I further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the measure be printed in the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 20, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 28, line 16, after the dollar amount…

First, I want to thank Mr. Grimm for offering this bipartisan amendment. Last year, we saw the same effort to attack project labor agreements in the military construction appropriations bill. This House on a bipartisan basis made the right…

Gore Vidal called it ``Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace.'' The administration's unrestricted use of drones has taken us into undeclared wars in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and who knows where else, destroying not only alleged…

Thank you very much, Mr. Conyers. And I want to thank the chair as well for accepting the amendment, and I rise in support of the amendment. I think that Chairman Rogers' concerns are well stated. I know that the security of this country…

Today I rise on behalf of the women who are part of the fabric of our Nation's workforce. Nationally, women working full time are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. These disparities are even worse for women of color. In Ohio, my…

I reluctantly rise today in support of H.R. 5651, the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012. First, I would like to commend Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Waxman for putting together a bipartisan bill. Bipartisan bills are a…

Unbelievably, across this country in family law courts, in States, our servicemembers stand before family law court judges who take custody away from our servicemembers upon their return from either, previously, Iraq or, now, Afghanistan…

Madam President, I thank the ranking member and congratulate him for the good work today on this legislation. There are a couple of amendments that are part of the bill I want to speak about. First is on prescription drug abuse--a problem…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business for no more than 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Manufacturing

Mr. President, it is the majority leader's intention to resume consideration of S. 3187, the FDA user fees bill, when the Senate convenes tomorrow. We are working on an agreement for amendments to the bill. We hope we can reach an…

Mr. President, if there is no business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:27 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the bills by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3220) to…