And in particular the debt ceiling was not contained in the budget, it was not debated in the budget, it is not part of the budget, and the only question here--we could have gone to conference 60 days ago if the Democrats had simply agreed…

Will the Senator yield for a question? Mr. McCAIN. May I ask my friend from Illinois, isn't that what the regular order is, that makes it perfectly applicable, if we instruct the conferees, which is what we are asking for in this unanimous…

Madam President, this last weekend White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer visited all five Sunday morning talk shows. What he tried to do there was to defend the Obama administration's handling of the various scandals we are all too familiar…

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. 1013 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, back in October 2012, two Iran experts at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote a sobering article about the Iranian nuclear program. They concluded that, despite years of international and unilateral sanctions…

I am ready to go. I am not sure they want us up there, but I am ready to go.

I thank my colleague. I do want to respond to some comments that were made in regard to the Sugar Program and the cost of sugar for American consumers. It is very important to understand that the price of sugar in the United States is…

I appreciate the opportunity to join my esteemed colleague from the great State of South Carolina in support of S. Res. 65, expressing our strong support for our close friend and ally, Israel. This resolution right up front says--I want to…

I want to take several minutes to respond to some of the comments that were made here in regard to the farm bill, and specifically the Sugar Program. We have got a vote coming up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. We currently have an order to move…

In the past week, Texas and Oklahoma have experienced a storm. We lost 6 in Lake Granbury, Texas; 2 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Sunday; and 24 in Moore, Oklahoma, including 10 children and 14 adults. We have been overwhelmed with the number…

I think we are all concerned that entrepreneurs are victims more and more often of patent trolls.

This is a voice that will be needed in the Administration and will help us again--help this economy recover, and focus again on greater job creation.

My hope is you will, one, as my time ticks down, look at streamlining all programmatic areas within the Commerce Department.

I personally believe that we ought to give the President's--this President and future presidents the ability that any Governor has had to do executive reorganization.

I want to talk about partnerships, particularly between the VA and the Wounded Warrior Project.

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Since then, Congress last year enacted legislation making it crystal clear that authority exists.

Yes, I agree with that, and that is the worst possible outcome, quite frankly, as far as care goes.