Heidi Alexander: “I ask unanimous consent to speak for as much time as I may require. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…”

This is a signal of the importance the government places on the need for expansion and will be an important additional factor in the planning balance.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, all postcloture time on the Kirsch nomination expire at 5 p.m. today; further, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President…

in Jon Meacham's biography of President George W. Bush--actually, I believe it is in the biography of President George H. W. Bush--Meacham quotes Prescott Bush, H.W. Bush's father and Senator Prescott Bush, of Connecticut, as saying that…

It’s something I think about quite a lot myself, in terms of this job being absolutely insane, in terms of the number of hours I have to work, and how do I build in a little bit of physical activity into my life.