Mr. President, in honor of Veterans Day and the men and women of the Armed Forces and their families I ask unanimous consent that this poem penned by Albert Caswell be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Net Neutrality Order

Mr. President, I rise today in support of S.J. Res. 6, a resolution of disapproval of the FCC's net neutrality order. Over the last 2 years, the Federal Communications Commission put forward a variety of what are considered net neutrality…

Too often, the practice around here is focused on the short term, the near term, the gain, to be able to have some sort of political victory at the expense of what is in the best interests of this country and our children and…

We have to quit making promises we cannot keep. What we are seeing today in Europe and the meltdown that is occurring in the economies over there is a result of too many promises that were made, too much government debt, governments that…

This legislation, along with identical companion legislation introduced in the Senate by Senator John Thune (S. 1831), would eliminate the ban on 'general solicitation' in nonpublic offerings.

I would say to our colleague from Wyoming, who is a physician and has a lot of experience on these issues, who comes down every week with a second opinion talking about all the various issues regarding the health care bill--the more recent…

We all saw this coming and we tried our best to prevent it, but now we know and we have these statements that came out as part of the report that was done by the House and Senate, an investigative report called the CLASS Act, the untold…

I would simply say--we have the ranking member of the Budget Committee here too--that it strikes me that there were probably lots of other budget gimmicks in the health care law that are going to come to the surface in the same way this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent we be able to enter into a colloquy now for 25 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I appreciate the objection of the Senator from West Virginia and I appreciate his comments about the importance of long-term care. I agree, it is something we need to address in this country. There are other ideas out there…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 720 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 720

Madam President, as we debate here in the Senate how to get our economy going again to deal with what is a stagnant economic set of circumstances, something that we have been grappling with now for a few years, I think it is instructive to…

I thank the gentlelady from Missouri for recognizing me and for facilitating this wonderful discussion that we have tonight in front of us to really talk about our seniors and to talk about the challenges that they face and the promises…

We have been bogged down with the NEPA process, and it has tied our hands to how we can address this epidemic.

if this Administration doesn't utilize the authority that Congress has given them, we may take congressional action in this area.

What is stopping us and causing us to lose this battle is the NEPA process.