Mr. President, first let me express my thanks to Senator Grassley for letting me step ahead of him and I thank the Senator as well for a number of courageous votes today. I also express my gratitude to him and to the Presiding Officer. I…

I yield 1 minute of that to Senator King. Oh, great, he has 5 minutes. I would like to have 4 of his minutes. I will start by saying my thanks to Senator Wyden for his leadership as well. I am pleased to be able to support his amendment. I…

Madam President, I understand in the unanimous consent agreement I have 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, that is correct.

Mr. President, I will make some comments to lead off and then will yield to Senator Corker and back to Senator Boxer, and we have others who would like to speak on behalf of this amendment. I wish to start off by saying to the Senator from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that our amendment, the Carper-Corker-Boxer amendment 3582, be made pending and that it be reported by number at this time. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). Without objection, it is so ordered. Manufacturing Jobs

Madam President, I come to the floor today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs in particular. As we in the Senate get ready to leave Washington and return home to our States for August, it has become popular in the media to say…

Madam President, I rise to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission Report. As the chairman of the Senate Homeland…

Madam President, I urge my colleagues to vote to confirm Julia Clark to a second term as general counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. The Federal Labor Relations Authority oversees the program in place at the Federal…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tenth Anniversary of the 9/11 Commission

Mr. President, before the Senator from Tennessee leaves, I wish to thank him very much for joining Senator Boxer and me in this Senate to create a dynamic that will enable us to do our job. He shows time and again the courage to keep out…

Madam President, the committee which I am privileged to chair, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and on which Senator Portman serves is responsible for working with the administration and others to help make sure…

If you drive down Interstate 95 in my home State of Delaware right now, you will see license plates from up and down the Northeast corridor that are crawling at a snail's pace. As a result of structural damage, a bridge that carries 90,000…

Madam President, as you do now, I recently had the honor of presiding over this Chamber and had the opportunity in the hour I just finished presiding to listen to our colleagues as they have come to this floor, as you just have, Madam…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, something important, something unusual, something worth noting happened this week, happened yesterday in this Chamber that I don't want to let pass without a few moments of comment. Yesterday a broad bipartisan majority of…

I object, and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, when we send American Ambassadors to nearly every country around the world, we are able to strengthen democracy and protect our national security. Ambassadors are voices for American values and the interests we share with…