Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 815…

Mr. President, on Monday, July 1, 2013, Joseph C. McQuaid was laid to rest, with full military honors, in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, CO. A proud World War II veteran, Joseph ``Big Joe'' McQuaid will rest beside his brother…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Rachel Murphy, Alexandra Pena, and Lissandra Villa of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for pulling this together and for yielding. And, Mr. Speaker, I'm listening to the presentation by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Brooks), about the rule of law and the application of the rule of law…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives, and I'm hopeful that we can carry on some of this dialogue that Mrs. Bachmann has led over the past hour. I wanted to make a…

Mr. Speaker, personally, I like the President. And I will refrain from those kind of comments; although I will continue to disagree with him on his approach to this. I wanted to make a comment in response to the discussion here by Dr. Yoho…

Reclaiming my time for a moment, some of the institutions out here that advocate for open borders will argue that no matter who comes into this country, if they do an hour's worth of work, they've contributed to the GDP; therefore, they're…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Texas. I just think of Congressman Phil Gingrey, another doctor that engages in policy here, who once on this floor, probably at least once, said that when he is working in the emergency room…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________

I did not come to speak. I came to object to the Senator's unanimous consent request.

Mr. President, the Gang of 8 in their framework for comprehensive immigration reform said the following: Our legislation will provide a tough, fair, and practical roadmap to address the status of unauthorized immigrants in the United…

I do not support the overall Senate legislation as it is drafted. On this particular matter, I agree with Chairman Leahy that logging employment would be covered in the definition of ``agricultural employment'' for purposes of the new W…

I thank the Senator for his courtesy. I think there is an insinuation in his comment that there is a strategy on our part not to speak. That is not true. It is that there is a Republican meeting going on right now. I went to that meeting…

Madam President, my colleagues have often heard me speak of my opposition to the legislation that is before us. They have not heard me speak about my opposition to immigration reform. As I have said so many times on this floor and in…

Madam President, I would like to make an inquiry about time. We were supposed to start the last 20 minutes. Is it OK if I start now with my final remarks? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I yield to the Senator for 6\1/2\ minutes. As far as I know, nobody on my side wants the time, and the Senator may have the time. Once again, I wish to thank everybody who maybe hasn't heard me say it. The Senator had a fair and open…

Mr. President, we have talked a lot about how the immigration bill would or would not prevent illegal immigration in the future. This is a huge concern because we don't want to be back in 25 years proposing the same short-term solutions to…