The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``aye.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Are there any other Senators…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn would have voted -``nay.'' The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other…

I worry that the current statutory deadline of December 2015 is unrealistic for most passenger and freight railroads.

The railroads have run into a lot of obstacles and their efforts to meet this 2015 PTC deadline.

I am particularly interested in the safety issues involved in transporting crude oil from the Bakken region.

there's a lot of pressure on the railroads, obviously, to comply with and to meet the 2015 deadline.

there are a number of us on the Committee who are co-sponsoring legislation that would extend that by a reasonable amount of time.

I hope that our committee will consider this bill in the coming months.

The railroads are so important in our part of the country.

I noticed again that the budget this year did have the 28-percent limitation on itemized deductions that many of us think is going to negatively impact charitable giving.

I also want to welcome our new chairman and really look forward to working with him.

we have worked together on a number of issues: digital goods, digital trade; most recently, a letter that we spearheaded, signed by 33 Senators, in support of maintaining the charitable deduction in tax reform.

Mr. President, in July of 2009, President Obama said: ``If you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.'' Then later, in September of 2009, the President…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to discuss the pain ObamaCare continues to inflict on Americans. It seems like every week brings more ObamaCare bad news for somebody--families, businesses, middle-income Americans, lower income…

We need to work to make sure the awareness is out there.