I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until Tuesday, April 24, at 10 a.m.; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two…

Mr. President, the first vote will be at 2:15 tomorrow on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 36. If that motion is defeated, there will be several votes in order to complete action on the postal reform bill at 2:15 p.m. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that upon disposition of S. 1789 but no earlier than Wednesday, April 25, the Senate adopt the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 312, S. 1925. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, this Congressional Review Act challenge is the latest chapter in an unprecedented Republican assault on unions. The amount of time this Congress has wasted scrutinizing and bullying the National Labor…

Mr. President, we are going to have a lot of time to flush out some of these arguments again tomorrow when the vote gets near, but I thought I might pick up on a couple of things here that my good friend from Wyoming said. We do a lot of…

Mr. President, this side yields back the balance of our time for today as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Paul Edenfield, a member of my staff, be granted the privilege of the floor for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I yield myself whatever time I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I also want to clear up one parliamentary question. The occupant of the chair stated we had 2 hours evenly divided. I believe that is today. But on the agreement for the entire debate on the Congressional Review Act, if I am…

Mr. President, how much time do have I remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority has 36 minutes 25 seconds.

I also appreciate the work of Senator Inhofe in introducing the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) reauthorization bill.

I believe that until the Senate and this Administration get serious about passing a budget that sets spending priorities and addresses our debt problem the American people should not be asked to send one more dime in new taxes to…

We have to act now to ensure that all Federal agencies and programs are operating as efficiently as possible; that means at the lowest possible cost.

Madam President, let me join in the remarks by the Senator from Washington. This National Labor Relations Board rule which will be voted on by the Senate tomorrow is one that was needed. The rule change was needed and the attempt on the…

Madam President, this Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Arizona's controversial immigration law. I thought about this law over the weekend in Springfield, IL. There is an annual event where a special award is given to…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) are necessarily absent.

Or being charged under this law.

I believe it is unconstitutional for many of the reasons the Chairman pointed out, which I will not reiterate.