recently the Senate marked a significant achievement--the final passage of the bipartisan reauthorization of the Older Americans Act--and now the President has signed it into law. This act provides seniors access to home-delivered meals…

For more than 50 years, the Older Americans Act has been effective in large part because these successful programs are funded through flexible grants to States. States know best what services will be most beneficial for their residents to…

I ask unanimous consent that a copy of my remarks at the Senate Health Committee's third executive session on its biomedical innovation agenda be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in…

it was while a Yale undergraduate that Fred Smith received a C-plus for his paper outlining a plan to buy large airplanes that would carry packages overnight. This plan a few years later became Federal Express, now FedEx, a global courier…

in December of 2014, Judge William Joseph Haynes, Jr., of the Middle District of Tennessee, assumed senior status, creating a vacancy on the Middle District bench. That vacancy has resulted in increased caseloads for the three active…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 4, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I join Senator Corker in expressing to the families of Justin and Stephanie our deepest sympathy and our horror at what happened to them in Brussels. I wish to thank Senator Corker as well. Because of his position as chairman of the Senate…

I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the King nomination?

the Senator from Utah has given an excellent speech about why it would be a good idea to have a Republican President of the United States, but we don't have one. The reason we are voting today is because we need a U.S. Education Secretary…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes before the vote, to be followed by Senator Murray for as much time as she may require, and then we will have a vote.

last year the law everybody wanted to fix was named No Child Left Behind. Despite many different opinions and many different political attitudes, we got it done. I give great credit to the Senator from Washington, Mrs. Patty Murray, and to…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Biomedical Research