Mr. President, Congress will soon debate the budget resolution for fiscal year 2012, and one of the issues under consideration is how to contain the cost of the Medicare program. While there is significant disagreement about some of the…

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation designed to improve educational opportunities for struggling students. The All Students Achieving Through Reform Act, or All-STAR Act, would provide Federal resources to the most successful…

Here they go again. The Republicans failed in their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and now they are reversing course and trying to cripple implementation by attacking individual provisions of the law. The United States has a…

You know, budgets aren't just about a series of numbers. Budgets fundamentally are moral documents. And I fear that Republicans have made clear that their moral compass puts the wealthy and big business ahead of the American middle class…

What started out as a small pirated radio show of two men running from the law under a bridge and turned into a successful empire today, the Roe & Roeper Show has entertained many people for a long time. Today it's reached its whole 1-year…

I want to thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. Madam Speaker, you know, I was thinking we are approaching Mother's Day, and I thought of my mother. When it came to budgeting and appropriating money, she did not always have a…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak out of turn as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Kirk are printed in today's Record under…

I have no additional requests for time, I reiterate my support for this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1308, a bill to amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act. The bill would extend the termination date of the Commission by 7 months. The Ronald…

Mr. President, last week in Chicago, we announced tax freedom day--the day that marks the time when Illinois residents have paid their Federal and State tax burdens. The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan organization that determines tax…

Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 783) to…

I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor of the legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, let's make it clear where we are at this moment in time. There is an agreement. There is agreement on the budget number. It was an agreement reached between the President with Speaker Boehner and with Senate Majority Leader…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Texas and her cosponsor, the Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Casey. They expressed the deep-felt sentiments of all of us. I am happy to be a cosponsor of this legislation. I can assure the Senator…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday April 12, 2011, at 11 a.m, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 45 and 46; that there be 1 hour for debate equally divided in…

Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provision of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read the second time on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate majority whip be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions on Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…