Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Without objection, it is so ordered. Health Care Reform

I will just say that we know the resolution will be defeated. But given the opportunities that it gives Taliban propagandists on the radio, we should ask, Why did the Speaker even schedule such a lopsided debate on this floor?

I would just say that we probably spend enough time naming post offices in the House of Representatives during the worst economy in our country----

The Constitution makes clear: Only Congress can declare war. While no one can dispute that we are at war, Congress has never been asked to make this declaration. I disagree with the Congressman from Ohio's policy position; to leave…

I feel compelled to rise today as the only Member of this body who has deployed twice to Afghanistan, both times as a Navy Reserve intelligence officer in Kandahar in 2008 and 2009. I'm not worried about the outcome of this debate. My…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Merkley). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result…

Mr. President, there have been a lot of issues brought up on the floor of the Senate recently, and two that seem to be front and center are the health care reform bill and questions related to our national debt and the annual deficits we…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 33, as follows…

(Mr. ROSKAM asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart), a great champion of freedom and hope and rescue in the Americas.

I want to thank and congratulate Chairman Levin for his leadership on this issue, and particularly want to thank him for the gesture of reaching out to the minority on this and hope it is a glimpse of things to come. As the chairman…

In a nutshell, this bill does three things then: It extends the time period for contributions to Haiti for attribution to a 2009 tax return; it extends the contribution until April 15th for contributions to Chile for relief efforts for the…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. President, there was an article in last Thursday's Chicago Tribune, my hometown newspaper, that caught my attention. It is shocking news for many of my fellow Illinoisans. I would like to share it with my colleagues today. According to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in morning business. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 450) was agreed to, as…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 449, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

I now ask for the second reading, and I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. ____________________