Mr. President, for the information of the Senate, Members should expect two rollcall votes beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. ____________________

Madam President, I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 475. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations: All nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Coast Guard; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc; that the motions to reconsider be…

I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 3672) was ordered to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3672. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 1096 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill…

Mr. President, as our Nation celebrated on July 4th, our birthday, with festive block parties, in one example in Baltimore, it turned into tragic gun violence in our own backyards and across the country. It has been a deadly summer so far…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 112)…

The gentleman from Arizona has it absolutely right. When I was in the military as a physician, what you wanted when you were injured in battle, Mr. Chair, was the best person taking care of you with the greatest skill. You didn't care what…

Judge Maddox will safeguard the rights of all Marylanders and uphold the Constitution.

You can't have a dialogue and debate without everybody putting their positions on the table on Social Security.

my Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act would fix that by requiring contributions to Social Security on wages above $400,000.00.

my Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act would fix that by requiring contributions to Social Security on wages above $400,000.00.

I do not believe that assigning this responsibility to some commission that acts behind closed doors is the way to do it.

Another revenue option that I put forward in the past was to take the estate tax back to where it was in 2009.