I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Alexander, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Booker, Mr. Burr, and Mr. King pertaining to the…

I thank the Presiding Officer for the time, I thank my fellow Senators, and I yield for the final words of the Senator from Colorado. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.

I thank the Senator from North Carolina. No one was more instrumental in the work in 2013 that reformed student loans to reduce the interest rate for undergraduates by nearly half that year. In his State of North Carolina there are many of…

I thank Senator Bennet. I would like to send to the desk the FAST Act that Senator Bennet and I are introducing, with the cosponsorship of Senator Booker, Senator Burr, Senator King, and Senator Isakson. In this colloquy, I would like now…

as the colloquy is concluding, I want to thank the Senators from Maine and New Jersey for their leadership and the Senator from North Carolina. I can assure them the King-Burr bill, with the support of Senator Rubio and Senator Warner…

I further ask unanimous consent to use a piece of demonstrative evidence in my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The Senator from New Jersey is known in his State and across the country as a pioneer in education, putting children first. Having his support and advice on this bill will be a great advantage in helping it go from the Senate floor through…

I ask consent that the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Bennet, and I, along with the Senator from Maine, Mr. King, the Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Booker, the Senator from Georgia, Mr. Isakson, and the Senator from North Carolina, Mr. Burr, be…

The Senator from Colorado, Michael Bennet, and I have been working for 1 year to make it easier for the 20 million American families who fill out the Federal application form each year in order to receive grants and loans for college. The…

Senator Harkin's legacy is he stands as a champion of Americans with disabilities. It will be a long time before there is a greater champion of Americans with disabilities in this body and I salute him for that. I salute him secondly for…

the Senate at its best has been said to be the one authentic piece of genius in the American political system. Carl Levin is the Senate at its best. I thank him for his courtesy, his decency, his scholarship, and his sense of public…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be a…