Mr. President, there are two matters I want to talk about. Before I speak about the immigration, I want to speak about the Supreme Court ruling today in Alleyne v. the United States, that facts underlying mandatory minimum sentences must…

Mr. President, I request 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 PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms…

Mr. President, as always, I commend the distinguished majority leader for his words on immigration reform. We are on this bill because he set this time aside, and he, like I, hopes we will soon be voting on amendments. There are a lot of…

Mr. President, on the question of nominations, I attended President Obama's announcement of the nomination to the DC Circuit a couple of weeks ago. I have heard some of my colleagues on the Republican side being very critical of the…

Would the Chair announce the business of the day, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Under the previous order, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 o'clock p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business from now until 6:40 p.m. to allow a colloquy between Senator Brown and Senator Isakson. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, for 16 years, Blanca Gamez thought she was an average American girl. But when she turned 16, one by one her friends learned to drive. Her parents sat her down and explained an important truth she did not know at the time…

When that time is up, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Georgia.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate resumes consideration of S. 744, which is the immigration bill, on Tuesday, June 18, the time until 12:30 p.m. and the time from 2:15 to 3 p.m. be equally divided between the…

Mr. President, following leader remarks the Senate will be in morning business until 5 p.m. today. At 5 p.m. the Senate will be in executive session to consider a couple nominations for United States district judges. One is for…

Mr. President, it has been 86 days since the Senate passed its budget. We have been through this on several occasions. We have had Republican Senators come and criticize the Republican leadership here for not letting us go to conference…

Snowden is doing great damage to our relations with other countries and U.S.prestige. China is laughing at us as he continues illegal action

Snowden is sitting in China and taunting the U.S. He is mocking us as a Country. Great time to place a tax on China trade if not turned over

Keep testing your limits. Never become complacent. Always think big!

Like it or not, haters and losers, everybody is talking about Miss U.S.A. and Miss Utah. By the way she is a fine young woman-unfair to her.

Senator Grassley and I are going to do everything we can to add this to the SGR bill.

This is a treasure trove of valuable information. It needs to be released in a way that is sensitive to protecting the personal issues with respect to seniors.

I am hoping the conversation will be broader than that, because our students and our families are facing some very serious challenges today.