It would be very important that you get back to us in two or three days, because these are issues before Congress right now.

I yield 10 minutes of my time to Senator Thune. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota. Amendment No. 1197

Mr. President, I have no problems with this amendment. It ensures that tribal communities are represented. The bill's task force is a new and independent entity designed to provide recommendations about immigration and border security. Mr…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1197, offered by…

Mr. President, I ask to speak as if in morning business for 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, we will soon be voting on the Thune amendment, and I rise to speak in support of the Thune amendment. The Thune amendment would strengthen the bill and beef up the triggers that precede the legalization program. The Thune…

Over the past 12 years, Director Mueller has done a good job of transforming the FBI from a law enforcement agency into a national security agency.

Would you agree with this, that the weakening of current law creates a loophole that could allow terrorist groups such as al Qaeda or Hezbollah or other foreign spies to more easily operate within the United States?

Mr. President, when I closed last night I posed nine questions to Secretary Napolitano about the immigration bill. She said that when confirmed, she would answer questions that Congress put before her. My questions came at the end of her…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join Senators Moran and King in reintroducing the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2013. This legislation comes in response to a Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, interpretation of the Controlled…

Madam President, at every confirmation hearing of every Cabinet position, and probably a lot of other positions as well, a Cabinet nominee is invariable asked a question similar to this: Will you come when you are called to a committee…

Mr. President, I am going to vote for both judges today. But today I want to inform my fellow Senators and American people regarding the facts on judicial nominations. Today, we will confirm two more nominees. I would note that we…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

Providing employers, insurers, and consumer organizations with better data on provider practice patterns, such as the legislation introduced today by Senators Grassley and Wyden to make Medicare data more accessible, would accomplish this.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the privilege of addressing you here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and to have an opportunity to inject some dialogue into the ears and minds of this body and across the country as people…

Yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request as modified? Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

I suggest to the majority leader we can agree to what he has suggested except for Heller amendment No. 1227.

I have a suggestion: that we agree to everything for the first four amendments on the list. I object.