Mr. President, I take this time to inform my colleagues of legislation I have introduced today to establish a national Blue Alert Act. This would establish a nationwide program for blue alert. It would be similar to what we do for AMBER…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Cardin pertaining to the introduction of S. 657 are located in today's…

Madam President, today I applaud the President in declaring March 2011 Irish-American Heritage Month, and I speak in celebration of the rich Irish history, culture, and customs still alive today in the hearts and minds of Irish Americans…

Mr. President, first, let me thank Senator Landrieu for her extraordinary leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. This is a critically important bill for our economy. It helps small businesses. It helps the economic engine of…

Mr. President, I rise in reluctant support of another short-term CR because I am absolutely against a government shutdown. But enough is enough. We are 6 months into the fiscal year and no closer to having a budget than the day we started…

Last week, as I have been doing for a number of weeks, I have been speaking about our budget and the crisis that confronts us and the challenge that confronts us. Last week, former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough said this about the…

Madam President, I take this time to reflect with my colleagues and say that we celebrate today the 1-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and to reflect how much happened to improve health care in America since the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be able to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Human Rights

Mr. President, I rise today to share my thoughts on the hearings held last week in the House of Representatives called ``The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response.'' Congressional hearings…

Mr. President, I understand Senator Vitter will seek recognition to offer some amendments. I ask unanimous consent that after Senator Vitter has offered his amendments, I be recognized for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The…

Mr. President, in honor of World Social Work Day, I rise today to introduce the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act and the Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2011. I am proud to introduce…

Today's legislation is designed to allow the federal government to continue operating through April 8, 2011. Additionally, this three-week CR does not contain the kind of truly reckless cuts and extreme policy riders contained in H.R. 1…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am not sure whether I rise for or against this, very frankly, because I think this process is not the process that we ought to be pursuing. I think in that context I speak for the chairman and for the…

I thank the gentleman. I thank you for yielding again, but simply to say I thank you for your leadership. You have been one of the most faithful, effective, and articulate spokespersons for an agenda for middle and working class Americans.

These are, of course, the ones that we have already passed and that have been signed into law. But you have a very important piece of legislation.

I thank the gentleman from California. Mr. Garamendi has been as faithful in bringing before the American people the concept of the Make It in America agenda. And, of course, the gentlelady from Illinois pointed out that it means two…

I will say to you, we can wring our hands and say that the Senate's not doing its job. We're not in the Senate. We're here. Let us come to agreement. And we know the agreement is going to be someplace in between where you are and where we…

Reclaiming my time, 435 of us have tried to talk to the people in the other body. But I will tell you, under the Constitution of the United States, we have the responsibility of initiating bills. Read the Constitution. We sent H.R. 1 over…