Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Friday, December 1, when the Senate resumes consideration of H.R. 1, the legislative vehicle for the Sandy supplemental, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the amendments to the bill…

I thank my colleague and very much appreciate my colleague from Oklahoma. He has left, but we do have a friendship. I do believe he is a person of integrity. His views about government and politics are quite different from mine. He has put…

Let me ask unanimous consent that first, for 5 minutes, the Senators from Michigan and Oregon introduce their amendment, then the Senator from Oklahoma sums up, and then that I be given time to rebut their amendments.

I have a lot I want to say in reference to my good friend from Oklahoma, but I know my colleagues from Oregon and Michigan have a time commitment, so I am just going to ask unanimous consent that they be allowed to offer their amendment…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from the following postal naming bills en bloc: H.R. 2338 and H.R. 3892; that the Senate proceed to their consideration and…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:47 p.m., adjourned until Friday, December 28, 2012, at 9…

I thank the Senator. The Senator was gracious. There are two separate issues here, one of which I think most of us on this side would accept. The other we could not. To lump them together would have tied two issues together that were not…

I said December 1--wishful thinking. The order should say Friday, December 28. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative…

Mr. President, I thank the chairwoman for her leadership on this essential bill. I can't thank her enough for her tenacity and determination to meet the needs of so many affected families in our State. I also thank Senator Landrieu for her…

Mr. President, first, I wish to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. He didn't try to knock out the whole thing and we appreciate that. Having said that, I urge any of my colleagues in disaster areas to think very carefully before they…

Mr. President, I rise today to say goodbye to my friend, Senator Daniel K. Inouye. This week in the Senate, we lost a colleague, a mentor, and a compass, and what is more our country lost one of the greatest heroes of the ``Greatest…

Mr. President, first, I would like to congratulate Senator Mikulski on a fine first day on the floor as chair of Appropriations. We are all excited about it on both sides of the aisle and expect great things of that committee next year…

Mr. President, I would like to engage my colleague, the Senator from Iowa, in a colloquy. I would first like to take this opportunity to commend Senator Harkin, Senators Inouye and Cochran and the rest of the Members of the Senate…

Let me thank the Speaker for the service that he's given to the Congress. Some day someone may review our conduct here in the House, and one of the speakers on the other side, I guess he's gone, but he said shame on the Congress. I just…

And I congratulate you on the wisdom which you generously share with all of us. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the bill. Instead of putting forth a serious, comprehensive, and balanced deficit reduction plan, the Republicans…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this conference report. While the report is an improvement over the House bill, it still falls short of where we need to be on the question of detention without trial…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Madam Speaker, I've joined my colleague, Dr. Donna Christensen, Representative of the Virgin Islands, here tonight in remembrance of the 20 first-grade children and six educators who were mercilessly…

I join my colleague and compliment her on her very moving tribute, not only to her constituent but to all the men and women who serve our great Nation. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their support of this…