Mr. President, I rise to comment on the results of last night's recall election in the State of Wisconsin. After nearly 2 years of heated political debate, the people of Wisconsin made it clear last night that they are not suffering from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 7, 2012; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Mr. President, it has become sort of a personal tradition of mine to come to the floor each week to report on the status of the dangers to our Earth and climate from the relentless carbon pollution that we have to face, and this is a…

I now ask for a second reading and object to my own request, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the measures will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 484) was agreed…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be printed in the…

Mr. President, to our colleagues, I announce that it is the intention of the majority leader to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 3240, the farm bill, when the Senate convenes tomorrow. At 10:30 a.m., there will be a…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent the Senate adjourn under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Sessions. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 484, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as…

Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time en bloc. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 485, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

Madam President, let me first thank the distinguished Senator from Illinois for his determined efforts, as well as my senior colleague in this body, Senator Jack Reed, for his determined efforts in trying to get to a resolution that will…

We have fiscal challenges to tackle in a bipartisan manner.

I look forward to Chairman Bernanke's report on the state of the economy and his perspective on additional actions that the Federal Reserve may take to strengthen the economic recovery.

We can't put America on the road to full recovery unless we all agree on tackling the huge budget deficit and debt America faces.

Europe has clearly proven that austerity was the wrong policy to pursue during a recession.

President Obama I think deserves enormous credit for turning the economy around.

Our transportation infrastructure is central to national competitiveness and the bipartisan bill that passed the Senate, with 74 votes, would create almost three million new jobs by accelerating infrastructure projects.