I am not satisfied yet that homeowners have gotten a fair shake when we have been through this time and time again.

I am not quite persuaded of that, but thank you for pursuing it, because a lot of people would be more fairly treated with an appropriate credit model.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 67, nays 29, as follows: [Rollcall…

Only a few years ago a prominent Democrat firmly and unequivocally rejected the idea that the President of the United States could singlehandedly enact an amnesty for millions of immigrants who entered the country without legal…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from South…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

Madam President, I support the Child Care and Development Block Grant, CCDBG, reauthorization bill, S. 1086, which is now pending before the Senate. I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation, which would send it to the President for…

The number of Federal workers retiring this year is double from 2009.

I want to express my appreciation to Chairman Wyden for his interest in pursuing a package of permanent tax policy to help taxpayers facing the challenges associated with natural disasters like hurricane Sandy.

Too many Israelis have died, too many Palestinians have died. And at this difficult time, I think it's important for both Palestinians and Israelis to work together to lower tensions and to the death violence.

Mr. President, I was unable to attend last night's cloture votes on the nominations of Randolph Moss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Leigh Martin May to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…

I appreciate your leadership on the committee, and I have been honored to be on the committee now for 12 years.

His legacy in West Virginia will be long and strong.

We all know that natural disasters can be completely devastating to communities.

In the end, more than 1,500 homes and 200 commercial buildings were destroyed.

Mr. President, I wish to commend Turner Elementary School of Turner, ME, on being named a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. This year, Turner Elementary was one of only 337 schools across the country and the only school from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will…