Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 12, 2015, at 2:15 p.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``The Civil Nuclear Agreement with China…

I think that is something that we should seriously consider on this Committee.

I think the Choice Act allows that to begin.

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I have serious concerns about the error rates in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, which for the 2013 and 2014 school year were 15.8 percent and 23.1 percent, respectively.

But, when we have programs with error rates that are $2.7 billion just for one school year, we simply have got to figure out how to put this money to better use.

I appreciate you and Ranking Member Stabenow holding this hearing today, and as we do prepare to reauthorize the child nutrition legislation this coming year, we need to, I think, take an objective and bipartisan critical assessment of the…

Obviously, no one in this room wants any child to go hungry. We all know there are legitimate needs for food assistance.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues be authorized to meet during the…

I'm hopeful that the Senate will be able to pass this bipartisan STB reform bill in the near future.

Thousands of jobs are going to be placed at risk, including more than 1,500 timber industry jobs in my home State of South Dakota.

Listing the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act is a misguided attempt by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

What concerns me the most is that with the listing of this northern long-eared bat, once again we have a Federal agency that is throwing aside common sense.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee…

Mr. President, I wish to speak as well about the budget that is before the Senate. I want to point out something I believe the Senator from New York failed to mention in his comments. We are actually doing a budget. That is what is pretty…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess until 2:15 p.m. today for the weekly conference meetings and that the time during the recess count against the majority time on the budget conference report. The PRESIDING…