Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I will not object. I want to ensure that I will have 10 minutes in support of the Bingaman-Vitter amendment prior to the vote as was promised to me. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

Madam President, I rise to strongly support the upcoming Bingaman-Vitter amendment, which is basically an amendment form that Bingaman-Vitter Fair Generics Act would stop an escalating trend in the drug industry which has pay-for-delay…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the Burr amendment No. 2130. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, as National Small Business Week is coming to a close, I come to the floor today to make a strong commitment that the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will not lose momentum on our relentless push to…

I thank the Chair. Amendment No. 2127 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 2127, offered by the Senator from Illinois, Mr…

Madam President, I thank Senator Vitter for his comments and for his strong support of this amendment. I thank all of the other cosponsors of the legislation. If we are interested in promoting competition in the health care field so that…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2111. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Bingaman], for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of Thursday, May 17, 2012 under ``Text of Amendments.'')

Mr. President, this amendment is one that is a bipartisan amendment. Senator Vitter is cosponsoring this with me, also Senators Franken, Shaheen, Kohl, Tom Udall, Tim Johnson, Klobuchar, Merkley, Sanders, and the Presiding Officer, Senator…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The clerk will call…

Madam President, I rise to thank both the majority and minority leaders of the bill for their great effort. I am pleased to speak about a provision in the FDA Safety Innovation Act that addresses a growing public threat in Tennessee and…

Madam President, I understand I have 3 or 4 minutes to speak about the GAIN Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. How much time does the Senator wish to speak?

Mr. President, while the Republican alternative was definitely better than the Democrat-endorsed proposal, at the end of the day, neither option presented a long term answer to the impending rise in student loan interest rates. In 2007…

Mr. President, on Sunday, the 20th of May, Taiwan marked the second inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou. Since its first direct presidential elections in 1996, Taiwan's democracy has emerged as model for the rest of the Asia Pacific…

To receive accelerated approval, the managers' amendment requires that FDA determine that a surrogate or clinical endpoint is reasonably likely to be predictive of an effect on clinical benefit or on a clinical endpoint that can be…