If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it adjourn under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Sessions for up to 40 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time en bloc. The legislative clerk read as…

I now ask for a second reading en bloc, and I object to my own request en bloc. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bills will be read the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

Mr. President, on Monday, September 8, 2014, at 5:30 p.m., there will be at least three rollcall votes on confirmation of the Pryor nomination to be U.S. circuit judge for the Eleventh Circuit; confirmation of the Aaron nomination to be a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to H. Con. Res. 112, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk…

I ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. 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 and convene for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted, on Friday, August 8, at 9:15 a.m.; that when the Senate adjourns on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Madam President, I wish to express my bitter disappointment in the Senate for refusing to move forward with the President's request for emergency funding to deal with the humanitarian crisis we are facing on our southern border with Texas…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that once I finish speaking--I will talk for less than 10 minutes, and I ask that the senior Senator from Utah, Mr. Hatch, be recognized next. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I would say to my colleagues, as chairman of the homeland security committee, I have been down to a number of Central American countries--Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador. If there is anybody that needs a U.S. ambassador down…

Would the chairman tell us again the name of the ambassador nominated by the President to be Ambassador to Guatemala?

Madam President, I would like to say to the Senator from Utah, who is a dear friend and the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, that something magical happened here about 48 hours ago right here in this Chamber. What happened is…

I would ask, would the Senator one more time make the unanimous consent request for Todd Robinson.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Akunna Cook be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of the Bring Jobs Home Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I have never been more optimistic about Africa and about the potential for a U.S. partnership with Africa than I am today. Every year I host a conference in my home State of Delaware called ``Opportunity: Africa'' that…

Madam President, let me say to our Republican colleagues, this bill is going back to the House. We can send it back to the House correcting what I think is a misguided approach on pension smoothing. We can knock out that $3 billion pension…