Mr. President, with Senator Chuck Grassley, I am proud to cosponsor a resolution designating July 2016 as the ``National Anti- Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness'' Month in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Lanham…

Mr. President, I wish to enter into a colloquy with the senior Senator from South Carolina in regards to the bipartisan efforts to extend the investment tax credits for advanced energy technologies. As you know, the investment tax credit…

Mr. President, today I wish to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Farm Credit System and to recognize the important contributions of the Mid Atlantic Farm Credit to Delaware's farmers and communities. When President Woodrow Wilson…

I request 1 more minute, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Sydney Jones, Macon Sheppard, William Aulgar, and Jemel Green-Harris, of my office, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of today's legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, tomorrow will mark 1 year since the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Iran reached an agreement to prevent Iran from obtaining or developing a nuclear weapon. This afternoon, I intend to…

Just as the Vietnamese have finalized a large deal--the purchase of American jets--the Iranians announced about 2 weeks ago that they will be purchasing a number of 747 jumbo jets built by Boeing, 737s, 777s. The value of the deal is worth…

Mr. President, before I talk a bit about the 1-year anniversary of the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, with Iran, I want to take a moment to…

Madam President, I wish to thank my great colleague, the Senator from Rhode Island, for his tireless efforts to keep climate change on this Chamber's radar. One day I hope that we can move it from our radar to our to-do list and ultimately…

Reclaiming my time--boy, I am glad I yielded. Thank you so much for those words and for the opportunity to participate in this process. Isis Mr. President, I want to change gears to talk about another battle going on in another part of the…

As the designee of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Delaney), I offer amendment No. 50. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title)…

I would like to thank the gentleman for his willingness to work in a bipartisan way with the Committee on Small Business--in particular, my colleague Ms. Velazquez--on this issue and the reforms therein. Mr. Delaney, I know, would like to…

Mr. President, I am pleased that it looks like we are going to be voting this afternoon on a measure that would, for the first time, give American families access to GMO information about the food they buy. As my colleague from Kansas…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Delaware will be postponed. Amendment No. 51 Offered by Mr. Zeldin The Acting CHAIR. It is…

Mr. President, before they leave the floor, I want to say a special thanks to Senators Klobuchar and Collins for their leadership on this issue. This is one that hits close to home for me and my sister and my family. Our mother had…

Good afternoon, Mr. President. For more than a year now, I have come to the Senate floor on a pretty regular basis. One of our colleagues sitting here I think is the Presiding Officer's relief, and he has heard me come and talk about some…

Reserving the right to object---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

I will be very brief. My hope is that at the end of the day, we pass what Senator Collins and Senator Heitkamp have worked on, but I would also come back and consider some other issues where we could actually save more lives. That is my…