I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 23; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of the proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

I ask unanimous consent that the Sessions amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that unless I am already a cosponsor, I be added as a cosponsor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 184, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the matter be printed in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 192 submitted earlier today. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the matter be printed in…

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 6:40 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 23, 2011, at 2 p.m…

Mr. President, there will be a rollcall vote Monday at 5 p.m. on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1038, relating to the PATRIOT Act. ____________________

Mr. President, we have been speaking on the Senate floor about students who are being exploited by for-profit colleges. I think about turning on the television in Washington and the ad that really troubles me which shows a lovely young…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 6 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Nebraska…

They said to Carlos: You need to take out student loans on top of the GI bill. He ended up taking out the GI loans, going $21,000 in debt over and above the GI bill, and he couldn't finish. He didn't want to go further into debt. I might…

Think about this poor girl. She was doing the right thing. I will say something to the Senator from Iowa and ask him to comment on this. I think the Federal Government is at fault here too. Somewhere along the way, Westwood College ended…

I thank the Senator from Iowa. He has led the way. His committee investigation on this industry is a clarion call to every Member of the Senate of both political parties. Are we going to continue to waste taxpayers' money? Are we going to…

Is it not also true that we requested, I think together, that the GAO do a study of the amount of money that was being spent on behalf of our veterans at for-profit schools, and did we not find that the cost to the Federal Government was…

I might ask the Senator from Iowa, at the end of the day is it not true that while these for-profit schools have about 10 percent of the students in America, they take in almost 25 percent of all Federal aid to education?

I announce that the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 42, nays 57, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 73…