Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of the Food and Drug Safety and Innovation Act. This measure includes a number of important reforms to promote the development of new treatments for patients in need and to ensure that drugs…

Mr. President, while we are waiting for the next speaker to arrive, I wanted to take a moment and discuss the brief Senator McCain and I filed in the Supreme Court last week. It can be found at…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of New Mexico). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about a subject that I know is dear to the heart of the Presiding Officer, which is the sorry state of our campaign finance system and the need for the DISCLOSE Act of 2012, which we call DISCLOSE 2.0…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Disclose Act

Not only did they not wrestle with it, it is not clear they even thought about it. When there are people who have come out of the judicial monastery--not quite the right word because they are men and women alike--but out of the separate…

I believe it is. We operate in a modern world in which we are bombarded by media. The average person, the average, ordinary member of ``the people,'' does not have much access to that media, cannot get his or her voice much heard in that…

Absolutely dead wrong, as proven by reality. It is not just a theoretical wrongness, it is a factual, actual wrongness.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that that amendment be set aside so I may call up my amendment No. 2141. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amended be set aside so that I may call up amendment No. 2125. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as…

Madam President, I rise to discuss the FDA Safety and Innovation Act, the bill now under consideration here in the Senate. I applaud Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Enzi for their leadership in moving this critical legislation through…

It is increasingly important that we renew our commitment to ensure that the promises made to our Veterans are promises that we honor.

I will continue to advocate for the needs of military children and for mental health services for our veterans.

I hope that the MOU helps the VA reassume its responsibility to veterans.

Thank you Chairman Akaka and Vice Chair Barrasso, I would like to thank you for holding this important and timely hearing on programs and services for Native veterans.

I think it is a great piece of legislation.

I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages.

The family home has been such a pathway to the middle class for families across America.