Madam President, Senate Democrats have been waiting a very long time to go to conference on our budget. In fact, it has now been 73 days. Until recently, we have gotten pretty used to Senate Republicans simply standing and saying no. For…

Madam President, if the Senator heard my request, I said we would consider a motion to instruct relative to the debt limit as part of our agreement to move to conference. So the Senator would be allowed to make his voice heard at that…

If the Senator will yield, I can go ahead and offer the unanimous consent request at this time and we can move from there. Mr. McCAIN. If it is OK with the Senator, because we know what is going to happen, I would like to make remarks, and…

I think if you look at Medical Advantage's special needs programs, most of those folks are probably not managed by primary care in an urban setting.

We should see this and provide reform that puts us on a financially sustainable path, incentivizing quality health care.

In the end, the best chance for SGR reform to work its way to the President's desk is bipartisanship.

I would rather my dollars at the gas pump go to American innovation and research, and supporting American biofuels than to Middle Eastern oil any day.

I agree that while not perfect, the RFS is a critically important and promising policy for our Nation's energy future.

Madam President, I thank my colleague Senator Hoeven for his leadership on this issue, for his dedication to this cause, his perseverance and persistence in support of democracy. This resolution, in fact, is all about democracy in a land…

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his unanimous consent request, and I ask unanimous consent that after I conclude my remarks, the Senator from Rhode Island Mr. Whitehouse be recognized for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Madam President, today new U.S.-China trade deficit figures from April show a 34-percent increase since March. Last month our trade deficit with the world's second largest economy was more than $24 billion. I remember about a dozen years…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 4, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 4, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 4, 2013…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act of 2013, with my colleagues Senators Blumenthal, Boxer, Manchin, Murkowski, and Boozman. This bill would require the Attorney General to…

Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The majority leader. ____________________

Madam President, reserving the right to object, first, I want to thank the Senator from Arizona for protecting my right to object in my absence before I made it to the floor. Just to set the record straight, I do not think that we object…

Now this is part of free speech, is you being able to speak, but also you listening. And me being able to speak. All right?