Mr. President, today, I am introducing legislation to expand the E-Verify program and enhance our ability to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices. I am pleased that several of my colleagues have joined me in cosponsoring…

The public's business ought to be public, the public's right to know.

The allegation that ATF sanctioned or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to straw purchasers who transported them to Mexico is false.

I share this desire to begin withdrawing our forces from Afghanistan, beginning with a sizable and sustained reduction in forces this summer.

This investigation is not about politics. It is about getting the facts.

It remains our understanding that ATF's Operation Fast and Furious did not knowingly permit straw buyers to take guns into Mexico.

I hope that we can get the Terry family the answers that they deserve.

Any attempt to retaliate against them for their testimony today would be unfair, unwise, and unlawful.

any attempt to retaliate against them for their testimony today would be unfair, unwise, and unlawful.

ATF is supposed to stop criminals from trafficking guns to Mexican drug cartels.

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the DeLauro amendment. The underlying bill slashes Commodity Futures Trading Commission funding to levels well below what is needed to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act…

Madam President, I rise this morning to talk about America's energy future. The reality is we need a diversified energy future. What I mean by that is we need to develop all of our energy resources. In my home State of North Dakota, we are…

Madam President, on this side of the aisle, we Democrats want to protect seniors on Medicare. That is our top priority. I have heard my friend, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, come here and talk for hours, and he keeps talking…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we be in a period of morning business, with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each, for debate only, until 7:30 today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, notwithstanding the previous order, I ask unanimous consent that there be 5 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between the proponents and opponents of the Coburn amendment No. 436, as modified, prior to a…

Mr. President, I would note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Madam President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 11 a.m. this morning. The majority will control the first half, the Republicans will control the final half. At 11 a.m., the Senate will be in…

Mr. President, I join with my Republican counterpart in congratulating my friend from Florida for his fine speech. But I wish, in his remarks, he would have once in a while mentioned where he spent a lot of his youth: Las Vegas and North…