Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 495, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 495)…

Mr. President, notwithstanding the adoption of S. Res. 488 and the preamble thereto, I ask unanimous consent that a Snowe amendment to the preamble that is at the desk be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, as we are waiting for wrap-up this evening, I wish to take a moment to thank all our colleagues for the extraordinary effort to get to this point where we are going to be able to come together, debate a number of different…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, June 19, at a time to be determined by the majority leader, after consultation with the Republican leader, the Republican leader or his designee be recognized to move to proceed to…

Thank you for being here. I just want to inquire on two areas.

I am not at all threatened. I am impressed.

The Women's Sports Foundation is fully supportive of your bill, the High School Data Transparency Act.

This bill would require that high schools report basic data on the number of female and male students participating in their athletic programs and the expenditures made for their sports teams.

It's just really exciting to me that 40 years ago, a mere 37 words really threw open the doors to athletics, education, and success for so many women in our country today.

I think it's a very important step in making sure that 80 years from now we can really celebrate.

Mr. President, today, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am pleased to introduce the Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012. No one who has made sacrifices to serve our Nation should ever be homeless…

Believe me, to parents, knowledge is a powerful thing. So that information is important.

Well, thank you very much to all of our witnesses for being here and your testimony.

It seems to me that there are now conservative people who oppose the Affordable Care Act...

I think that, based on historically the way you have pegged that, as a percentage of GDP, it is about in the right place.

the wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income.

It is my understanding that EPA has made some changes from the proposal, the original proposal to the final new source performance standards for the fractured natural gas wells.

Ms. McCarthy, I think that wraps it up with you. You are a good warm-up act for these other guys.