I have heard from law enforcement all over the country saying they support this.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 432. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that S. 2343 and S. 2334, both of which were introduced earlier today, and S. 2338 be considered as having been read twice and placed on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 2343 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I would like to inform the Senate that this will be the last vote tonight. I have spoken to Senator McConnell. I know there are a lot of important things that committees have to do tomorrow, so we are going to start voting…

I ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to S. Res. 433. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 433) designating April 2012 as ``National Child…

Mr. President, we are going to have a bunch of votes today, and we are going to have to do them quickly. I say this to Democrats; I say it to Republicans: We are going to have--after this first vote, I ask unanimous consent that we have…

Mr. President, I think that is a positive statement, as long as there are not efforts made to weaken this legislation. But if this moves forward quickly with a short time agreement, but in an effort to weaken the bill, we want no part of…

Mr. President, in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act passed both Houses of Congress on strong bipartisan votes. In the 18 years since then, incidents of domestic violence have fallen by 53 percent. Despite that progress, staggering rates…

Mr. President, the Senate will soon be considering the motion to proceed to S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. At 10:30 this morning, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 36…

And we are going to enforce that. So if people are not here, they are going to miss a vote. Unless there is a situation where we have a close vote, then we will extend it a little bit because that is what the tradition has been. So I…

I ask unanimous consent 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 any statements related to the resolution be printed in the…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:03 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators allowed to speak for 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until Wednesday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

Mr. President, beginning at 2 p.m. tomorrow there will be probably seven or eight, maybe nine rollcall votes in order to complete the postal reform bill. ____________________

the late Senator Ted Stevens originally authored the Alaska Native Education Equity, Support and Assistance Act in 1993