Thank you for yielding, gentleman, and thank you for putting together this Special Order. I can tell you that it has been very distressing to watch the progress of this budget being put together for the American people. And part of the…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Owens moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1363 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the…

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support of this motion because this motion will ensure that the members of the armed services will be paid in the event of a government shutdown. There is no group who deserves our support more than the…

I think that budgeting is not just about numbers and figures; it's about values. I think that the Republicans have made it very, very clear that they want limited government. They particularly don't want government enriching the lives of…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, earlier today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1363, a 1 week continuing resolution that will pay our troops and keep the government running. It is a pretty sad commentary on the willingness of the White House…

I thank the gentleman. I would like to point out that my predecessor, a respected Member of the other side of the aisle, Mr. McHugh, was very supportive of regulation of mercury and acid rain because it negatively impacted the New York…

Mr. President, President Obama and congressional Democrats tried to sell the American people on their clunker of a health care law by saying it would bring down Federal health care spending. That would have been a miracle if it were true…

I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

Madam President, I am going to defer my remarks until after the Senator from Nebraska speaks. I want to defer to this wonderful Senator because he has done more than any other person in trying to repeal this awful tax provision, this 1099…

Mr. President, how much time remains to both sides? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah has 1 minute 20 seconds, the majority has 3\1/2\ minutes.

Mr. President, we are headed toward $20 trillion in spending. The President's program, the Democrat's program, is maybe one-half of 1 percent, which is almost nothing. This is their program, a blank sheet of paper. That is what it is. At…

Mr. President, how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. One minute 20 seconds, and the majority has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I ask unanimous consent that I give a minute to the distinguished Senator from Nebraska and then, if there is not enough time remaining, that I be given sufficient time, up to 2 minutes, with an equivalent amount of time given to the other…

Mr. President, today we will vote on the Menendez amendment and then on Senator Johanns' amendment to repeal the 1099 tax increase provisions of the health spending law and the small business law. As you know, the health spending law was…

Mr. President, if you say you are for fiscal responsibility, you need to oppose the amendment of my friend from New Jersey. Here is why. The nonpartisan scorekeeper for tax legislation, the Joint Committee on Taxation, tells us that the…

Mr. President, I would like to briefly respond to my friend from New Jersey's comments about the Joint Committee on Taxation's analysis of his amendment. The Joint Committee on Taxation corresponded with Senator McConnnell's office on…