I would be happy to address the Senator's question. No, we haven't. The President's proposal--and I said there are parts of it I don't agree with--makes loan forgiveness tax free. Maybe what we ought to debate is whether we are going to…

Let me finish--which this unanimous consent request doesn't incorporate. In essence, the unanimous consent request says we are not going to deal with this 61 percent; we are only going to deal with 39 percent. Because they have received…

Reclaiming my time, clearly, the Senator said her bill only deals with the subsidized Stafford loan. Under current law, let me state it again, unsubsidized Stafford loans, current law, 6.8 percent; parent and graduate PLUS loans, 7.9…

Madam President, continuing my objection, I am appalled. I am, frankly, appalled. Out of the student loan program, the Democrats push $8.7 billion to the Affordable Care Act; $8.7 billion of student loan-designated money is going to pay…

Madam President, reserving the right to object, my good friend and colleague from Massachusetts stated that students in Massachusetts have come up and said: Senator, fix the student loan program. Fix it. She said that what Republicans have…

Yes, I withhold the quorum call. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.

Mr. President, I call up to my pending amendment No. 1228. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Vitter] proposes an amendment numbered 1228.

Mr. President, this amendment was in the group of four that was the subject of the previous unanimous consent so I look forward to an ongoing debate and vote on this amendment, hopefully early next week, because we need to start voting on…

I ask unanimous consent to waive reading of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The text of the amendment is printed in the Record of June 12, 2013, under ``Text of Amendments.''

Madam President, I join my colleague from Connecticut on the floor of the Senate to commemorate a sad day; 6 months since the shootings in Newtown took the lives of 20 6- and 7-year-olds and 6 of the teachers charged with protecting them…

Mr. President, let me congratulate Senator McCain for all of his hard work in the Gang of 8 and his focus on border security, which is an enormously important issue. As the son of an immigrant--my dad came to this country at the age of 17…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment is cosponsored by Mr. Daines of Montana and Mr. Cramer of North Dakota. It would require DOT to maintain all current 450 intercontinental ballistic missile silos in warm status. This amendment would maintain our…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 79, after line 23, insert the following: SEC. 241. READINESS OF INTERCONTINENTAL…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the proponents be given 5 minutes and the opponents be given 5 minutes and then we vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1195 Under the previous order, the time until 10 a.m. is equally divided…

Mr. President, I rise to speak against the amendment offered by my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. What does this amendment do? It is very simple. It says that the 11 million people living in the…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

I have a suggestion: that we agree to everything for the first four amendments on the list. I object.