Mr. President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until we receive the continuing resolution papers from the House of Representatives; therefore, the time until 2 p.m. will be equally divided and…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:55 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 2, 2011, at 2 p.m…

Mr. President, therefore, the first rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. when we return. That vote will be on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 76, the nomination of Kevin Hunter Sharp to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 138 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 154, S. Res. 155, S. Res. 156, and S. Res. 157. There being no…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 35, S. Res. 128. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to H. Con. Res. 43. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 43)…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, May 2, 2011, at 4:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 74 and 76; that there be 1 hour of debate equally divided in the…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. I withhold that. My friend from Rhode Island is here. I apologize. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________

Before my friend leaves the floor, I had the good fortune to serve in the House, as my friend did, with Tony Hall, a very dedicated, thoughtful man. I wasn't aware of his doing this fast. That is a real fast. It shows how strongly he feels…

I appreciate my friend's statement. He and I are both going to vote for this piece of legislation for different reasons, but as I have said publicly and privately, there have been very few people in the history of our country who have…

Madam President, I say to my good friend from Arizona, we came to the House of Representatives together, came to the Senate together. When we came here, we both had the same service except the State of Arizona had more people than the…

Mr. President, as the country learned today, certainly we learned in Nevada, there was a terrifying close call at the Reno airport last night. It is a miracle that everyone is OK today, and we are grateful they are. This is what happened…

Mr. President, we are continuing to work on an agreement to move ahead on small business. We have three main amendments--I should not say ``main,'' but I think they are the ones on which we are focused. One is an amendment by Senator…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the period of morning business for debate only be extended until 7 p.m. tonight, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each, and that at 7 p.m. I be recognized. The PRESIDING…

I object to any further proceedings with respect to this joint resolution at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be placed on the calendar.

H.J. Res. 37 is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 37) disapproving the rule submitted by the…

Madam President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 3 p.m. today. During that period of time, Senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the time from…