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IN-RFormer senators
Mr. President, for the second time in 2 days our friends across the aisle have killed important funding for the Department of Homeland Security, a bill worth about $40 billion that was passed by the House of Representatives and sent over…
Madam President, I come today to support legislation to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, without any extraneous or politically controversial policy riders. Let me be clear. The immigration provisions that are approved in the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for another 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from New Hampshire.
Mr. President, I thank my colleagues, both from Alabama and from Maine, for coming down to the floor and saying: Let's do the work of the Senate. Let's advance to this Department of Homeland Security bill, let's offer amendments, let's…
Mr. President, I yield to my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.
I wish to thank the Senator from the great State of New Hampshire. Debate and amendment. Debate and amendment. That is what we are talking about. We are talking about going to this bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security and…
Mr. President, I would be willing to defer in the order too if my colleague from New Hampshire prefers to go, and I can follow; either way. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I am here on the floor today with my friend and colleague from the State of Idaho to speak in support of legislation we have just dropped today; that is, the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015. I have introduced it today…
Vice President Joe Biden will not be attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress next month.
Biden's office says he will be traveling while Netanyahu is in Washington.
Mr. President, the Calendar of Business has been put on the desk of Senators. The Calendar of Business makes reference on page 12 to S. 272. That is a bill that has been introduced by Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire, who is on the floor…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S, 396 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the issue that impacts the lives of every American--food safety. In 1997, I introduced a bill to consolidate at one agency the Federal oversight of food safety, and I have introduced that bill…
Mr. President, I rise to honor the 150th anniversary for Lincoln College in Lincoln, IL. One hundred fifty years ago tomorrow, the Illinois General Assembly granted a charter establishing the new college, originally known as Lincoln…
I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Leg.] YEAS--52 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Capito Cassidy…
Mr. President, I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to a respected political leader, a cherished friend, and an exceptional human being--Richard ``Dick'' Richards. A native of Ogden, UT, Dick touched the lives of many and was…
I am not going to sugarcoat anything with this budget. Instead, I am going to cut right to the chase.
The American people deserve an answer to this question, and I hope you will be willing to give us one today.
