Will the assistant majority leader yield? Mr. REID addressed the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

Madam President, we saw what happened here--the minority leader filibustering his own bill. He should have trusted his first instincts. Imagine if we would have passed the minority leader's resolution: The markets would have been jubilant…

Mr. President, will my colleague yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator yield? Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 6429

Put the bill on the floor, let rank-and-file Republicans vote their conscience, and this bill can pass. In the New York Times today, it was reported that senior aides on the Republican side are considering just such a strategy to give them…

Mr. President, I would like to thank my great colleague from Pennsylvania. I enjoyed sharing a table last night with him and his beautiful, charming, intelligent wife, whom he would be the first to admit he is lucky to have married, and…

I ask unanimous consent that I be given 1 additional minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Very simply, I heard my colleague from Kentucky say if we agree on something, let's pass it. We do agree on increasing STEM visas. I am offering a proposal that does that and does it in a more fulsome way than the proposal of my friend…

Mr. President, if I might be recognized to offer my proposal? I have let my friend from Texas respond, but I have the-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator from Texas yield?

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3553, the BRAINS Act, and the Senate proceed to its consideration; that the bill be read a third time and passed; and that…

Reserving the right to object, and I will object and explain my objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. OK.

Madam President, I would first like to take this time to thank my colleagues Senator Menendez and Senator Kirk for putting forth a comprehensive plan to arm the administration with the tools they need to put a stop to Iran's rogue nuclear…

The American people have spoken. In this last election, they said to all of us: start to work together; have an agenda that serves the people of our country. We've all heard the expression that time is fleeting. Never before has that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the November elections, there has been a growing consensus that it is time to undertake comprehensive immigration reform. There are many good reform…

I thank the gentleman. Let's understand what is happening here today. This bill doesn't increase available visas. It merely transfers them from one program to another. But it eliminates a Diversity Visa program that allows people from all…

Regretfully, I have to oppose H.R. 6429 although this is an important issue that needs to be addressed. There is a need for legislation that attracts and allows highly-skilled immigrants and students who graduate with advanced STEM degrees…

Mr. President, I want to set the record straight. This is a provision in the law that I worked on in fact with the Senator from Oklahoma, and it says something very simple: If you are adjudicated mentally infirm, you are on the same list…

Mr. President, I want to say to my colleague from Arizona I very much appreciate his words and I appreciate the respect he has shown for how I feel about this particular issue. But I would like to say another thing here. We are in a little…

Reserving the right to object, would this allow a vote, an up-or-down vote on the Coburn amendment? Would this allow an up-or- down vote on the Coburn amendment?