Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor to this measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), are necessarily absent.

I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4351 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there is 4 minutes equally divided on the Isakson…

I believe the Republicans, if I am not mistaken, under the unanimous consent were first in morning business. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum, with the understanding the time that runs now will come from the time…

Mr. President, last night the President of the United States addressed one of the toughest issues any President has ever had to face. This is an environmental disaster of historic magnitude. It is one that could not have been anticipated…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I see no one on the floor on the Republican side. If there is no objection, I would like to speak as in morning business, and I will yield as soon as a Republican Senator comes to the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S.J. Res. 32, introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The assistant editor of…

Mr. President, I will be brief because I see my friend from Iowa is on the floor here. I want to give him a chance to speak. The Federal Government pays interchange fees when people use credit and debit cards to pay for things such as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

Mr. President, I recognize this is Republican time, and should a Republican come, I will then yield the floor to that colleague of mine. (The remarks of Mr. Burris pertaining to the submission of S. Res. 559 are printed in today's Record…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator may proceed.

Mr. President, on a hot day in the summer of 1776, delegates from across the American Colonies gathered in Philadelphia to cast off the yoke of tyranny and assert the fundamental right of self- government. At that moment, when our Republic…

Mr. President, very briefly, in terms of President Obama's speech last night on the crisis in the gulf, I just want to let it be known for the record that I support our President in that speech and every effort he has made in trying to get…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey) for yielding time. I also want to thank Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Kline, and Majority Leader Hoyer for working with my office in order to bring this important resolution…

As we rebound from the greatest recession that has ever plagued this nation, it is important that we continue to support legislation that creates jobs and refurbishes the economic stability of American families--supporting small…

About 80,000 senior citizens and people with disabilities have already fallen into what we call the doughnut hole. What is that? That is a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage and is a result of--you know, we just heard criticism of…

I thank Mr. Camp for yielding. Chairman Levin said a minute ago that it's hard to find anything that the minority likes. I'll tell you a few things, Mr. Speaker, that we would like. We would have liked a stimulus that worked. We would have…