It is my understanding the Senator from Louisiana has a unanimous consent request.

If reconfirmed, will you commit to publishing these reports each year?

Employers are very concerned that lawsuits are moving forward on wellness plans before EEOC issued any guidelines.

As this involves a novel area of the law and contradicts how other cabinet level agencies interpret wellness plans under the Affordable Care Act, why was this litigation not submitted to the commissioners for review prior to the filing?

The EEOC received a charge on October 16, 2014, and filed suit on October 27, 2014, alleging that an employer's wellness plan violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA.

For the information of all of our colleagues, there will be three rollcall votes at approximately 2:30 p.m. Those votes will be on confirmation of the Moss and May nominations and cloture regarding the child care and development block…

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 7:52 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, November 13, 2014, at…

I would ask for its second reading and object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

I found the discussion edifying, and it was time that was well spent. Climate Change Mr. President, we are now reconvened after the election recess, and I am back on the Senate floor for the 79th consecutive week of Senate session to draw…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 576, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk…

I could start with the body that was chartered 150 years ago, actually, to provide us independent, scientific, objective advice--the National Academy of Sciences. If that doesn't suit, try the American Association for the Advancement of…

Mr. President, would the Senator from West Virginia yield for a question? I would like to figure out what the floor process is because, as I follow all of this, it appears to be a colloquy between Senators Manchin, Toomey, Alexander, and…

Mr. President, I understand that H.R. 4 has been received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4)…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today it adjourn until 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Joseph Majkut, who is an American Association for Advancement of Science fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

All right. Now I know. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is recognized. Child Predator Legislation

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…