Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes on the Feinstein amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, let me first say about the comments of Senator Alexander, you see why he is a former university president, a Governor, a Secretary of Education, a candidate for President, and now some would call him a Senator. I think you…

I speak in opposition to the amendment. Let me say to my dear friend from California, whom I really respect, the tobacco buyout was not paid by taxpayers, it was paid by the tobacco companies. It happened several years ago. The only…

Madam President, I rise today to offer an amendment to make sure we are doing all we can to prevent fraud and abuse in the Federal Crop Insurance Program. The issue of fraud in this program hit home for me in March of this year when the…

Madam President, I too rise to express strong opposition to the amendment. This amendment would prevent our tobacco growers from being eligible for Federal crop insurance. This amendment would do significant harm to the small tobacco…

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To authorize the use of the insurance fund to reduce fraud and…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 1031. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Carolina [Mrs. HAGAN] proposes an amendment numbered 1031.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill that waives the naturalization requirements for non-citizen recipients of our armed forces' combat service awards. When a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine puts their life on the line for…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill that waives the naturalization requirements for non-citizen recipients of our armed forces' combat service awards. When a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine puts their life on the line for…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today in support of the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the D.C. Circuit Court. Mr. Srinivasan is an exemplary nominee to the Federal bench, and I am here to encourage my colleagues to confirm him without…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1911, the wrong approach to a very real problem for our nation's students. As we all know, the interest rate on student loans will double in July if Congress does not act. But today's…

Mr. President, I wanted to thank Senators Begich, Blumenthal, Bennet, and Merkley for cosponsoring this amendment, as well as support from many environmental and food organizations all over this country. The concept we are talking about…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives to raise the issues of our time and have this opportunity for this dialogue that I know that you turn a…

Madam President, I voted for this nominee out of committee. I will vote for this nominee on the floor of the Senate. He is well qualified for this position. I come to the floor not to repeat what a lot of other people have said about this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1046 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1046 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, thank you for the opportunity to recognize and celebrate this morning's Chaplain. Rabbi Michael Beals has served our community in Wilmington, DE, and our country admirably and with a strength of faith and foundation that you…

Thank you, Madam President. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). The…