Mr. President, first, let me say thank you to the champion. We have just been hearing from the champion, not only in the Senate but in the Congress, on so many issues that have led to empowerment for women and equality for all people to…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $133,400,000)''. Page 26, line 16, after the…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. McClintock Mr…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Hirono-Chu-Matsui- Lee-Carnahan amendment. This amendment will increase the resources for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E. In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences released a…

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

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…

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.

Mr. President, I rise to recognize a very special event taking place tomorrow in our Nation's Capital: West Virginia's first ever Always Free Honor Flight, a free trip for our veterans to see the monuments built for their service and…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Always Free Honor Flight

As a Nation, we're facing tough choices as we put our fiscal house in order. But I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot and we must not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.

On June 6, 2012, just a few weeks ago on the 68th anniversary, I had the honor along with Senator Lieberman, who is a co-sponsor of the legislation, to not just introduce the bill but also commemorate that prayer on the floor that day.

The other side wants to take this country.

Out of many, we are one.

It still should have been identified, and that is an issue of the structure of OCC--again, under different management than when you were there--than you are there now, of course.

Should the eighth largest bank in the Nation be allowed to make the biggest, most complex trade--your words--in the entire banking system without the OCC's knowledge?

I want to make sure that every single veteran who comes home from Iraq or Afghanistan, that they don't have to fight for a job or a roof over their heads here in the United States of America after they fought for us.

We've made sure that 30 million people can get health insurance who didn't have it before.

Millions of young people are getting scholarships now or loans or grants that they weren't getting before.