Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 6, 2012, at 10 a.m., to conduct a Committee hearing entitled ``Implementing…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy for 15 minutes with my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman, about the new legislation we just introduced, S. 3078, the World War II Prayer Act of 2012. The ACTING…

I thank my colleague from Connecticut. As he said so well, the power of prayer in this case, as was true in our Nation's great history, is a comfort and inspiration to the country. As I noted earlier, we would like to recite the prayer. I…

Madam President, I thank my friend. I tell the Senator that I am proud to stand by his side in this small effort to commemorate what happened 68 years ago today, which was the President calling the Nation in prayer and invoking the…

Mr. President, today I wish to honor the Croatian Cultural Garden committee of the Croatian Heritage Museum and Library in the city of Cleveland. This garden will serve both to celebrate the rich cultural achievements and contributions of…

Madam Portman, this bill will lead to the placement of a plaque or inscription at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, with a prayer that Franklin Delano Roosevelt shared with the Nation by radio address 68 years ago…

This bill recognizes the sacrifices made over a 20- or 30-year military career to retirees and seeks to limit the proposed changes in TRICARE.

FRA supports Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Marco Rubio's bill, the Military Health Care Protection Act.

the power of prayer through difficult times.

AUSN supports legislation to protect the armed service retirees from proposed increases to their TRICARE coverage, such as S. 3203, the Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012, which was introduced bipartisanly by Senators Frank R…

I'm a co-sponsor of the Thune-McCaskill bill and I associated myself with the remarks of Senator McCaskill from Missouri.

I ask unanimous consent for 30 more seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, let me begin by acknowledging the leadership of the Senator from Maryland and the other Senators who have come to the floor this morning to speak on behalf of a bill whose time has come and, some might say, a bill whose time…

Absolutely. And it is not. That is why I stressed, I say to the Senator from Maryland, that in this bill, which the Senator has so ably sponsored and written, the screen to get into court is tighter than in other wage discrimination laws…

In my home State of Louisiana, wage discrimination based on gender is particularly problematic. According to the Joint Economic Committee Report, women in Louisiana do not earn 77 cents, they earn 69 cents for every $1 paid to men, which…

I just don't think it's fair to let China and India sit there and tell their airlines, don't pay the fee.