Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2012 at 1 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) is necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 43, nays 53, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

They identified those who were offering these private student loans. The major players in the private nongovernment-backed student loan market: SLM let me translate--formerly known as Sallie Mae, Discover Financial Services, Wells Fargo…

Madam President, next month students all over the United States will begin graduating from college. There is a lot of pride in that experience. Family and friends will gather and celebrate. These young graduates are going to be filled with…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Student Loan Interest Rates

Mr. President, I rise today, along with the Presiding Officer, my colleague, Senator Whitehouse, to pay my respect and honor the life of Sergeant Maxwell R. Dorley, a distinguished and beloved member of the Providence Police Department…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until Thursday, April 26, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Mr. President, there will be two votes tomorrow at noon on confirmation of the Costa and Guaderrama nominations. ____________________

Mr. President, I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in…

Mr. President, I rise today, along with my colleague, the Presiding Officer, to pay tribute to Lance Corporal Abraham Tarwoe, a Rhode Islander who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. On April 12, Lance Corporal Tarwoe was killed while…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 438, which was submitted earlier today by Senator Lautenberg. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title…

I would be honored to yield to my colleague from Tennessee for her closing. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Young of Indiana). The time of the gentleman from New York has expired. ____________________

Madam President, I am honored to be here today to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan. Archbishop Choloyan serves as the Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. He has led the Eastern…

I so appreciate it, and I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. At this point in time, I would like to yield to my good friend from Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp).

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to join here this evening with six or more of my colleagues from the freshman class to talk about a very important issue that we face in this Nation, and that is the need for our country to engage in an open and…

I so appreciate my colleague from Georgia, the president of the freshman class, for his comments on the family farm and standing up for family farmers all across America. One thing that we're going to face at the end of the year with the…