Throughout the health care reform debate, I focused on four tenets. We needed to improve affordability, access, quality and choice. I said when the bill passed that it did not fulfill those requirements. It gives me no pleasure to show you…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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 that any statements relating to the resolution…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 499, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as…

Madam President, I thank the Chair. I have sought recognition to comment briefly on a hearing which will be held by the Criminal Law Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary on May 4 concerning allegations of improper practices on…

Mr. President, at 5 p.m., Monday, the Senate will proceed to a rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Wall Street reform legislation. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to; that a Coburn substitute amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table…

Mr. President, I rise today to mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Started in 1970 by Wisconsin's Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in, Earth Day has become a global event. More than 20 million people participated in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 255, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m., Monday, April 26; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:45 p.m., adjourned until Monday, April 26, 2010, at 2 p.m…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about an issue that was the subject of a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, of course, chaired by our chairman, John Kerry, and the ranking member, Senator Dick Lugar. Today in America and…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Beginning in the fall of 2008, Congress approved, and the Bush and Obama administrations began to hand out taxpayer money freely to banks and, eventually, auto companies, with little transparency and, in some cases, little hope that the…

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about a major issue that will be before the Senate very shortly, and which we have spent some time on in the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee over many weeks and days, but most recently…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Financial Regulatory Reform

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the nomination we are considering in the next few hours, which is the nomination of Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie. I can't tell you how proud I am to talk about his nomination. I have known him for a…

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to vigorously, enthusiastically support the nomination of U.S. district court judge Thomas I. Vanaskie for the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Vanaskie is someone known to me…

I thank the Chair and yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burris). The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…