Mr. President, I believe I still retain the floor. Let me make the point that I appreciate very much the Senator from Arizona allowing me 5 minutes, but I will yield that 5 minutes so that at the end, the Senator from Arizona would have 5…

We hope so, and I think, if we recognize Senator Merkley for his comments, and then I think the chairman of the committee has comments, we would be on that schedule. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed 5…

Madam Clerk, for the people of Rhode Island I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will come to order.

Mr. Speaker, it is always difficult saying good-bye to a Member of our Hill family. When I was first elected to Congress, I sought a chief of staff who could work with me to help lead my team and shape my policy portfolio: someone who knew…

On behalf of 14-year-old Charlie, in Woonsocket, RI, who suffers from neurofibromatosis and can stay on his parents' policy until he is 26-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

Mr. President, I have crossed through and beyond 150 ``Time to Wake Up'' speeches. People sometimes ask me how I come up with the material. It is actually easy, even week after week after week, because it only takes reading the news. If we…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Cristina Diaz-Torres and Elena Elkin, two fellows in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 37, line 9. Page 38, strike line 11…

Mr. Speaker, for almost 8 years, we have heard about Republicans' plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. During that time, the House has voted dozens of times to repeal or defund ObamaCare; but now as Republicans prepare to…

Mr. Chairman, the bill before us today promises to update the ways that agencies make and enforce their rules and regulations. But in many ways, it is a solution in search of a problem. When issuing a rule, Federal agencies must already…

Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for his comments, but the assertion that this does nothing to frustrate or jeopardize food safety is not true. This creates 60 new procedural and analytical requirements to agency action…

Mr. President, I am reintroducing the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act with Senator Blumenthal. This legislation would end special tax exemptions for huge CEO bonuses by closing a glaring loophole that allows…

I think there is legitimate concern based on the hectoring in the right-wing groups for a general housecleaning of career staff.

I do not think it is fair to characterize the career employees of the United States Department of Justice as 'filth.'

Politicians pass the laws and we are charged with enforcing them, we do not necessarily have to agree or disagree with them.

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the budget resolution that the Senate will vote on this week. We are nearly half way through the fiscal year, and the Republicans have offered this budget resolution not to set a path forward for…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Michael Martin and Jeremy Gelman, fellows in my office, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of this session of Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Clearly a career attorney should not be judged on whether they are secular or religious in their lives, correct?