I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 3 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at Our…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 1:30 p.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Commerce, Science…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 2 p.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 7, 2015, at 3 p.m., in room SR-328A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that Stephen Townsend, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the consideration of this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for Senator Toomey to offer amendment No. 2094 to background checks during today's session of the Senate, with side-by-sides by each bill manager, if applicable, and that no second-degree…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my remarks at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing earlier this week. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet during the session of the Senate on June 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I thank the managers of the bill for allowing me a few minutes to report on a very interesting hearing we had this morning before our Senate education committee. It is a different subject than the one on the floor right now, but it is one…