Mr. President, in the closing 10 minutes, the four proponents who will speak will be first Senator Heitkamp of North Dakota, followed by Senator Alexander of Tennessee, myself, and then Senator Enzi of Wyoming, who has for 11 years been…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 44, S. 601, be withdrawn; further, that at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, the motion to proceed to S. 601 be agreed to and…

Mr. President, what is happening with Internet sales? They are growing dramatically. Listen to these numbers. In 2012 online sales accounted for $225 billion in sales in America. In the next 5 years it will double to $435 billion. It is an…

I thank my friend and colleague from Oregon for coming to the floor and stating his position on the bill. For those who follow the Senate, we are about to see something that is historic, precedent setting, and nothing short of remarkable…

Mr. President, thanks to my colleagues who are on the floor, especially Senator Alexander. Senator Enzi and I owe the Senator a great debt of gratitude for his work on this bill, in helping us craft the bill and bring the support together…

Mr. President, I think we only have 2 or 3 minutes before the 20-minute period that has been reserved equally for both sides. I wish to use those 3 minutes to respond directly to my colleague from the State of Texas. The first thing he…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 20 minutes prior to the vote, which is scheduled at 5:30, in relation to amendment No. 741 be equally divided between the proponents and opponents, with proponents controlling the final 10…

Gender equality is critical to our shared goals of prosperity, stability, and peace, and investing in women and girls worldwide is critical to advancing U.S. foreign policy.

the Santos administration has undertaken a very courageous and very necessary and very imaginative effort to seek a political solution to one of the world's longest conflicts.

foreign policy today is economic policy.

Secretary Kerry has made it clear that the prevention and mitigation of conflict and the promotion of democracy and human rights go hand in hand with countering transnational crime and terrorism.

Now, more than ever economic policy is foreign policy.

Today, foreign policy is economy policy.

The complete removal of Syria's chemical weapons is possible here, through peaceful means.

Any peace that is attempted to be made by excluding more than half of the Afghan population--women--is no peace at all.

Afghanistan will go far if the elections next year are free and fair.

The administration has consistently made clear since the trial was launched that it views the charges as politically motivated.