Mr. President, I am not going to speak very long tonight, and I am not going to speak very formally either. But I did want to come back to the Senate floor and make a point again that I have made repeatedly here on the Senate floor before…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 229, S. Res. 296. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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 that any related statements be printed in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 251 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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 that any statements related to the measure be…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 303 and that the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

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

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. 326, S. Res. 327, S. Res. 328, S. Res. 329, and S. Res. 330…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the resolutions be…

Mr. President, we expect to receive the conference report, which contains the continuing resolution, from the House tomorrow. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, the Senate stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2011; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

Madam Speaker, with nearly 14 million unemployed Americans and our Nation's economy continuing to struggle, it is disheartening that we stand here today divided, engaging in heated debate about expanding the ability of people to carry…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 21, strike the close quotation marks and the following period. Page 6, after…

I rise today to honor Rhode Island's former attorney general, Julius Michelson. Julie passed away at his home this past Saturday. Julie Michaelson was a brilliant and caring man, deeply committed to social justice and equality. He was an…

Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage, if…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As a founding member of the bipartisan Mayors Against Illegal Guns, cochaired by Mayor Menino of Boston and Mayor Bloomberg of New York, I rise today in strong opposition to the…

Just very quickly, the purpose is not, of course, to overly burden State governments but, instead, to respect the judgments and decisions they've made in weighing the equities and making determinations as to what is the right criteria, to…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cicilline moves to recommit the bill H.R. 822 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back…