I come to the floor this morning to speak on the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014. I have been working on this bill with my colleague from North Carolina, Senator Hagan. We have been working on this bill together for about 1 year. Our…

Madam President, I wish to speak very briefly this afternoon to acknowledge a hero. I come to the floor just after the announcement has been made about a leader in the Senate, Senator Baker. While I did not have the privilege of serving at…

I appreciate that my friend and colleague from Wyoming is helping to lead this discussion about the Keystone XL Pipeline and really to encourage the Senate to move on it, to do something on this rather than just talk about it. We are…

Madam President, this has been an interesting week here in the Senate. When we began this week, there was a great deal of attention focused on what was happening overseas with the release of a prisoner of war who had been in captivity for…

Mr. President, I request that the following interns from my office be given privileges of the floor for the balance of the day: Emily Hartley, Alfonso Sitenga, Rachel Tougas, Michaela Spaulding, Deirdre Creed, Maria Villa, Lyndsey…

I thank the Presiding Officer, and I thank my friend from Ohio. First, I would like to bring up the issue of the Alaska State student aid agency. The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education--or as we call it ACPE--is funded by the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Cathy Cahill for the remainder of the 113th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I come this afternoon to speak about the regulations proposed by the administration on Monday relating to the Environmental Protection Agency. This time the agency's target is a 30-percent reduction in greenhouse gas…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. EPA Regulations

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce two separate bills to open a small portion of the Arctic coastal plain, in my home State of Alaska, to oil and gas development. I am introducing these bills because new production in northern Alaska…

Mr. President I have come to the floor today to introduce a piece of legislation that I feel is timely and critically necessary, the Department of Defense Suicide Tracking Act of 2014. As our Nation winds down involvement in the longest…

Mr. President I have come to the floor today to reintroduce a piece of legislation that I feel is long overdue. The Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act is a bill to authorize the interment in national cemeteries of Hmong veterans who…