So we are suggesting to let the money follow the child to the school, whether it is public or private and accredited. I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

I think this illustrates the problem we are having. How can this be a part of tax reform when it is not part of the Tax Code? It has been heard by the Commerce Committee in the Senate. It has been heard by the Finance Committee. It has not…

I thank the chairman for his commitment to a markup. I wonder if I might ask through the Chair when that would come. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

if I might ask the Senator from Missouri to go ahead of me, if that is agreeable with the Senator from Washington. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.

I thank the Senator from Montana for his comments, since Senator Enzi has probably been considering this bill his whole career. He came to the Senate nearly 18 years ago, and he introduced it 14 years ago. So even by Senate standards, it…

I wish to speak for a few minutes about 11 million low-income children in America, children which all of us would like to help. These are children that I wish would have a chance to get a little help getting to the starting line towards…

No, I would say to my friend from Utah, I am afraid the President was mistaken about that. And we have talked about some specifics, but let me give some very specific examples of why I believe that is true. Some time ago I met with a large…

I agree with the Senator from Utah. I think he stated clearly what the constitutionality is and he has been a most forceful advocate of that. As I think about the legislation we are talking about, I am thinking also about the employer…

we remember President Lyndon Johnson's courage and skill in passing the Civil Rights Act. We remember President Nixon going to China. We remember President Carter and the Panama Canal treaties. We remember President Reagan fixing Social…

I thank the Senator from Utah for his leadership on these two pieces of legislation, and the answer is: No, the new health care law hasn't lived up to the promises. Let me cite an example. The President promised in the debates leading up…

I see the Senator from Maryland is waiting, and I wonder, if we are through with our colloquy, if the Senator would allow me 2 or 3 minutes to correct a mistake I made on the floor of the Senate last week. Confessing error: I came to the…

I thank the Senator from Utah for this opportunity to have a colloquy with him, and I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record following my remarks letters from the National Restaurant Association, Chamber of Commerce of the…

I certainly agree with the Senator from Utah, and that is the purpose of our legislation. We could offer more examples. The Wall Street Journal article of February 22 of this year said: Many franchisees of Burger King, McDonalds, Red…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes and ask that the Chair let me know when 9 minutes has elapsed. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will do so. ____________________

today I am introducing legislation along with Senator McConnell, Senator Paul, and Senator Corker, to prevent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from restricting fishing rights in some of the best fishing areas in the States of Tennessee and…

I think the Senator from West Virginia is preparing to speak, but I will speak if he is not ready. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I come to the floor to attempt to clear up some confusion about Senate procedure. The confusion I wish to address is that some observers of the Senate seem to have a hard time telling the difference between a filibuster that is designed to…

with all due respect to the majority leader, this was an unnecessary vote today. The majority leader said: What is a filibuster? I can remember one that wasn't called a filibuster. I can remember when President Bush the first nominated a…

I thank the Senator from Arizona. Probably the best known function of the Senate--constitutional responsibility--is the right of advise and consent. We take it very seriously. Here that means we have to consider what happens. The Armed…

I believe we have 30 minutes for this discussion; is that right? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Twenty-three minutes remains.

Yes. I thank the Chair. So as we look back over the history of checks and balances and the imperial Presidency and the importance of making certain we do not have an imperial Presidency, we are reminded the reason we did that was a single…

So this was written at a time when Senator Sam Houston of Texas had to ride a horse, get on a steamboat, get in a stagecoach, and make his way to Washington over a period of 5 or 6 or 7 weeks, and the same to go home; and when President…

last Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision that basically said the era of recess appointments is over. The three-judge court unanimously ruled that President Obama, on…

I am here to join with and congratulate the Senator from Louisiana for his leadership on this issue. These are important matters for a couple of reasons. One is, as the Senator from Louisiana said, the rule of law is one of the fundamental…

I am expecting the Senator from Louisiana, whom I had planned to follow, but since he is not here yet I will go ahead with my remarks unless he walks in the door just now, and then he can follow me. We are both speaking today about…