the Senator from Washington and I are here to recommend to Members of the Senate that we vote yes on allowing the majority leader and the minority leader to appoint conferees so our committee can continue its work on a bill to fix No Child…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which…

I would like to address my remarks to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, my Democratic colleagues. Yesterday I spent almost a whole day working with Democratic colleagues on a variety of proposals to try to get bipartisan…

I ask unanimous consent to speak up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

that was a wise speech. It was a speech that made me think of the comment someone once said--that the Senate was the one authentic piece of genius in the American political system. What Senator Sasse has done is put fresh eyes on a…

it is my sad duty, as was mentioned by our leaders this morning, to report that Fred Dalton Thompson, who served in this body from 1995 to 2003, representing our State of Tennessee, died in Nashville on Sunday. My wife, Honey, and I and…

I thank the people of Iowa for sending us Chuck Grassley and want to say he does not just represent Iowa, he personifies it. I know of no Senator who better personifies his State than the Senator from Iowa. Mr. President, I ask unanimous…

reserving the right to object, I listened carefully to the distinguished Senator's comments. Gender discrimination is wrong, and we all know that. We have enacted laws in the United States for sports and for the workplace to make sure that…

over the weekend President Obama announced that all 100,000 public schools across the Nation should limit testing to 2 percent of a student's time in the classroom. It is a recommendation, not a requirement, and it comes in response to a…

I thank the Senator from Connecticut for his eloquent remarks. Let me offer this different perspective. You don't need a Perkins loan to go to a 2-year college. The average tuition at a community college--and they are a terrific…

this discussion by very good Senators-- and I congratulate the Senator from Pennsylvania and the other Senators who have spoken. The Senators from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are both on the education committee and we have worked well…

I thought I had until 12:45 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democrats have 9 minutes remaining.

I am sorry. If I may have 30 more seconds to wind up-- no one told me that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I join the Senator from New Hampshire, Ms. Ayotte. I thank her for her leadership on the Land and Water Conservation Fund. She has been out front on this, she cares about it, she is effective, and works well with other Members of the…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my remarks to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at the hearing titled, ``Stealing the Dream of Business Ownership: The NLRB's Joint Employer decision.''…

I thank the Chair. So I would say to my friends on the other side, if you want to have a say about nuclear waste, about nuclear defense, about National Laboratories, about flood control, about waterways, and about locks and dams, then vote…

tomorrow we will be voting on the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. I come to the floor to make two points about that very important legislation. No. 1: if our Democratic friends would allow us to vote on it, allow us to…

I thank the Democratic Senators for their courtesy. We are running a little behind, and they have allowed me to go on and make my remarks. I ask the Chair to let me know when 12 minutes have expired of my 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I thank the Chair. I will conclude within the next 3 minutes, and I thank my Democratic friends for their courtesy. In the last Congress, when Democrats had the majority and Republicans had the minority, the Committee on Appropriations…

I wish to join the majority leader in complimenting Senator Scott, a new Member of the Senate, on a significant accomplishment. It is not that easy to pass a bill in the House and in the Senate. It takes a lot of work, and there is good…

the Senator from New Hampshire is always eloquent as she is fighting for students in New Hampshire. I want to assure her and any of those 5,000 New Hampshire students who already have a Perkins loan are not affected by this. In fact…

the goal here is to help students. The goal here is to find ways to help college students find easier ways to apply to a college and to avoid overborrowing. The goal would be to give them a year-round Pell grant. The goal would be to…

I salute Senator Daines. Since his arrival in the Senate, he has been a strong fighter for the great American outdoors, which he enjoys so much in the beautiful State of Montana. He and I were talking not long ago about his next hunting…

Reserving the right to object, rather than making a statement, I hope it will be suitable to the Senator from Wisconsin for me to make my explanation of why I am objecting after I object. And I will object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet during the session of the Senate on October 6, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD- 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…