Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:01 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 7, 2016…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, July 7; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

Mr. Speaker, passage of the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act was an important step for the millions of Americans who are looking for work and for the employers who have job opportunities that remain unfilled due to the…

I thank my colleague from Alabama for this legislation and for this opportunity. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 4361, the Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016, and in support of my legislation that is included in this…

Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the gentleman from Florida, the chairman of the committee, for his fine work, for his friendship, and I just want to say: You will be missed. I rise in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. This is…

I have five Jewish young girls over here who don't understand. I don't understand why we can't close a PLO office...

I am trying to do everything I can to support you all in efforts that I think are right minded.

Well, thank you, because, again, it just speaks to a capability and training that if it is available, we want it in the hospital setting to make sure the veterans are getting the best possible care.

4 years ago I authored the Advancing Breakthrough Therapies for Patients Act with the chairman and my good friend from Colorado, Senator Bennet.

My constituents have also written me expressing concerns about this CMS proposal.

I fear that this demonstration project will jeopardize access to these breakthrough drugs just as they are becoming available.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 11 a.m., in room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``NATO: Reviewing the Agenda and Assessing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SR-428A of the Russell Senate Office Building to…

Mr. President, before I get started on what I really want to talk about today, which is the real threat facing our Nation, I want to reflect for a few moments on the antics and the theater that are going on in the House of Representatives…