Madam President, what is the order? The PRESIDING OFFICER. S. 601 is now pending.

Madam President, I will make an opening statement and then turn it over to my colleague, Senator Vitter, for his opening statement. I want to just say this is a good day for the Senate to get on a bill that is a bipartisan bill, where we…

There is an undeniable link between education and immigration, and while we work to build up our pipeline of STEM talent in the U.S. for our long-term needs, we must also meet the needs of today through high-skilled immigration.

Madam President, I wish to take about 2 minutes--and I know Senator Brown is here to speak--to explain what just happened because a normal person would never follow this, in my opinion. That is just me speaking. Let me tell my colleagues…

We are also working on this issue of doing a better job of educating our children in science, engineering, technology, and math.

Reaching bipartisan compromise on any issue is difficult, but their work signifies the importance of finding consensus on common sense immigration reform.

Of course, today's hearing occurs in the shadow of a much larger debate about reform of our immigration system and the comprehensive proposal put forward by eight of our colleagues, including Senator Rubio.

I am a cosponsor of this important bill along with many other members of this committee.

Our current system for high-skilled immigration is broken.

I believe so much in this bill, with the H-1B, obviously those things, but also the green card piece of it.

Madam President, I want to thank my colleagues for working on military sexual assault. Senator Gillibrand and I and others are working on a way to handle these assaults which takes them out of the chain of command and makes sure the…

Madam President, I want to thank my colleagues for working on military sexual assault. Senator Gillibrand and I and others are working on a way to handle these assaults which takes them out of the chain of command and makes sure the…

Modernizing our high-skilled immigration system will help American companies like Caterpillar to continue to innovate by having access to high-skilled workers when we need them.

The Gang of Eight bill, S. 744, includes important elements of high-skilled immigration reform.

The bill also includes a novel market-based escalator that allows the supply of H-1B visas to increase or decrease to adequately meet the market's demand.

Madam President, just for the interest of all Senators, we are looking at some amendments which hopefully we can vote on tonight or early in the morning. It is one of those surprises to the American people that we are on a water…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, the Senate resume consideration of S. 601 and the following amendments be the first amendments in order to the pending Boxer-Vitter substitute amendment No…

I will say that we are looking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce supporting this bill, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, the Waterways Council, Inc., and the Plumbing Manufacturers, International. Wherever we look…