Mr. President, I object to further proceedings with regard to both of these matters. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the measures will now be placed on the calendar. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask that the Senate observe a moment of silence in honor of the late Frank Lautenberg, a Senator from the State of New Jersey. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will have a moment of silence. If all will please…

Mr. President, there are a few matters I must take care of. We will be in morning business until 4 p.m. Following that, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 954, the farm bill. At 5:30 p.m. there will be two rollcall votes on…

Mr. President, I was going to speak on a different subject, but I will speak further about our dear colleague Senator Lautenberg. I look at the flowers on his desk--it seems in the years I have been here I have seen too many colleagues'…

Mr. President, before the Senate went into recess, I was disappointed with the statements made to the Senate that misstated the history of Judge Srinivasan's confirmation process. The Senator who said the chairman of the Judiciary…

Whitey Bulger’s prosecution starts today. Will be one of the most interesting and intriguing trials.

@RealDonalDrumpf Oh really, weren't they brutally mugging people all over the Park? - and now they are seeking damages - ridiculous!

@JohnSim96499126 Thank you John!

26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year-way up from previous years. Armed Forces are in total turmoil!

Via @ TheScotsman: “Donald Trump to lay out new golf course plan” http://t.co/dq1i7UuWwV

@Vincent_Moretti Thank you.

Does anyone else have two golf pros—John Nieporte &amp, Jim Herman—who qualified for the U.S. Open? Could this be an all-time record?

@charleyUfarley You mean like Buffett, Kravis, Icahn, Paulson and almost all other bigs-I never went Bankrupt dumb ass!

@ericfranson That is true.

We have to figure this thing out because we simply can't tolerate it.

There also has to be some kind of fear put into these young people that come to every branch of our Service.

If we are going to maintain good order and discipline in the military across the board, that has to be the case.

The easiest way to eliminate this problem is to make sure it never happens in the first place...