clearly consumers feel that net neutrality is important because all of us have heard from hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of our constituents who have said, make sure that we are not going to create an environment where they are going…

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll. The result was…

Thank you. Mr. McDowell, you have testified that the antitrust laws would be adequate to protect the consumers.

We are grateful for those who have served in the interim in this capacity, but this is far too long.

I think that is potentially not just a good piece of business for the Postal Service, but, actually, something that could be very good for our country as we seek to encourage folks to exercise their Constitutional right.

This is definitely glass half-full, and the question is, are we going to continue to fill it and enable you to do your share? I sure hope that we will.

Not a good situation.

We need to get over that. This is a good, balanced group of nominees, and the most important element I have ever seen in any organization I have ever been a part of... leadership is the key.

I hope we will, I think it would actually make the job of defending our borders easier, not harder.

Are you interested in becoming an insurance company?

I am Tom Carper, and I approve that message.

The Postal Service is not interested in becoming a bank, is it?

I will call that a political solution, but a compromise solution to that sort of thing.

I worry that if we are not in the race and providing some solid long-term policy, we are going to lose jobs here.

This is a very important discussion, I think, in terms of the future of our country in so many ways, in terms of jobs and energy.

The reality is that we have had a permanent tax policy since 1916 in some way incentivizing and supporting oil.

Mr. President, I previously revised the allocations, aggregates, and levels pursuant to sections 114(d) and 116(c) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 for S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. The…

Mr. President, as we continue with what will likely be the final legislative week before the elections, it is a good time to take a look back at the year and take stock of where we are and what Congress has accomplished. The House of…