This Senator feels like we ought to get budget certainty and repeal sequestration.

The Department of Defense has visited me, and they do not want any of this privatization.

We must ensure that our defense interests are not harmed by removing the government from air traffic control.

I would like to ask your permission to enter into the record a copy of a letter to the Corps of Engineers from me regarding the question and the comment period...

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, human trafficking is an issue that I believe many people see as far removed from them and their families, but the reality is that it is happening all around us: in our schools, near our…

Madam Speaker, today, I rise in support of the rule for H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This is a strong bill that prevents abortions after 20 weeks, except in certain circumstances, and I urge my colleagues to…

I am sure this Congress is not willing to delegate its authority, or our authority, to the Financial Stability Board or anyone else.

We have got an awful lot of burdensome reporting requirements, unnecessary over-regulation.

I think it is fair to say in agriculture today that the margins are slim to nonexistent.

I hope that as we work through reauthorization this year, that we focus and get answers to questions about CFTC rulemaking.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR-418, of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, later today the Senate will vote on whether to proceed to a bill that was reported out of the Senate Finance Committee, on which I serve, the trade promotion authority legislation. What is so remarkable about this is that we…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2105, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 11 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

Madam President, yesterday I missed the vote on S. Con. Res. 16, which states U.S. policy on the release of American citizens in Iran, because I was touring tornado damage in Delmont, in my home State of South Dakota. Had I been able to be…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…