Madam President, the first vote tomorrow will be at noon on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2343, the Stop Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act. ____________________

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until Tuesday, May 8, at 10 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

Madam President, earlier today, Senator Durbin and the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing in Cleveland to examine efforts that could hinder the ability of Ohioans to exercise one…

Madam President, I now ask for a second reading en bloc, and I object to my own request en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative day…

I absolutely take your point about this is for families being current.

the fierce urgency of now

we ought to fix it looking forward as well into the future.

I did not know if that was a piece you were working on.

this is about fundamental fairness, the idea that--it is exactly as you say.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your testimony and, more importantly, your work on these many strategies to try to help address the challenge of refinancing, and particularly families underwater.

Thank you very much again for your testimony. I join you in considering this as something we should be working on day and night until we can put it in place for the families and for our economy.

I am not pleased to be able to introduce the Rebuilding Equity Act in order to try to capture this concept and see if we can take this forward in the Senate.

Mr. President, I rise to speak in strong support of Judge Jacqueline Nguyen's nomination. She was unanimously approved by the Judiciary Committee. She is an outstanding jurist with a 10-year track record of success as a trial judge in my…

Madam President, I have introduced the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2012, joined by my colleague from Louisiana, Senator David Vitter. Our goal is to preserve Medicare beneficiaries' access to life-saving advanced…

Madam President, as we consider the many important issues currently before us, I believe it is worthwhile for us also to pause and recall past events that remain relevant to our work today. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations…

I appreciate that, that separate fund.

I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties.

I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are all entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties.