Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Agreement--S. Res. 65

Mr. President, we need to make sure our colleagues in the House, as well as in the Senate, stand with all of these groups who worked hard to compromise and forge this very historic constructive agreement. If we want to preserve…

Mr. President, as we continue debate on the Agricultural Reform, Food and Jobs Act, I want to remind my colleagues how important this bill is for our economy and for the 16 million people whose jobs rely on agriculture. When we go home at…

Madam President, since I raised the objection today, I wanted to close my comments by accurately describing to the people at home or in the gallery or elsewhere what is happening here. Maybe some folks are wondering what this is all about…

Madam President, reserving the right to object, I would ask the Senator from Virginia if he would consider adding--I would ask consent that the Senator modify his request that it not be in order for the Senate to consider a conference…

Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I rise again in regret. The normal regular order of this body after both sides of the Capitol have agreed on a…

Madam President, thank you. To the Senator from Arizona, for whom I have great respect, I would point out two things: The first is in his argument when stating the issue of the debt limit is a nonissue. Hence, I don't understand the…

I thank the Senator. I rise in support of these sanctions as well. Americans are perhaps tempted these days to take a step back from the problems in places in the Middle East and wonder why do we need to be active in resolving these thorny…

Mr. President, as we heard last summer and again throughout this week's debate, government subsidies are at the heart of both our agricultural and nutritional policies here in the United States. Subsidizing food costs in the form of…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania. This amendment would address the only program within the farm bill that hasn't been reformed: the Sugar Program. What we have now is a sweet deal for sugar growers and a bad deal for…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction around the globe and to introduce legislation aimed at modernizing the way the United States addresses this critical national…

It is my understanding that I have 10 minutes to speak. Will you confirm if that is correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. ____________________

I am here today to speak to the importance of bringing much needed reform to the Federal Sugar Program. I understand that this is not something the Presiding Officer supports and that this is not something the Agriculture Committee…

Burke testified that as a result of Fast and Furious you raised the issue of Title III wiretap approval with the Advisory Committee.

I have the utmost respect for both the underpinnings and the purpose of whistleblower protections.

Yet under your leadership, the ATF was going to allow McMahon to retire early at the age of 50.

A common complaint that I have heard within ATF is that U.S. Attorney's Offices are unwilling to pursue straw purchasing charges.

So nothing has really happened to him.