Mark Pryor

I hope this will position our subcommittee, not only as a forum for education and debate on the current state of communications policy in our nation, but also as a vehicle for identifying the best path forward to ensure rapid, quality…

Congress must take notice of the changing landscape for facilities-based operators because when a small cable system serving a rural area shuts down, it not only results in the loss of multichannel video service, including local TV…

I would hope that would be a priority for the Administration, and I hope that we would do that in a bipartisan way.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on Friday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that during the adjournment or recess of the Senate, Senators Reed of Rhode Island, Levin, and Rockefeller be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 55, 56, 57, and 58, and all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps; that the nominations be…

I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent to resume legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 18, 19, and 20 under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Chair will consider the nominations en…

the next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:22 a.m, conditionally adjourned until Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at 4:30…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn and convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business conducted, on the following dates and times and that following each pro forma session the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 18, 19, and 20; that the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order…

I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, April 8, 2013, at 5 o'clock p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 14; that there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Con. Res. 11, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res…

I ask unanimous consent the Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 37 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution…

It is important for the government to do this and important for us to have that oversight.

I believe this has been basically agreed to by both sides. I do not think we will require a rollcall vote. I believe we can go by voice vote. I thank my cosponsors. We have had several Senators working on this: Senator Coons, Senator…

And is that the kind of thing where you get the GAO report and then you just go to work implementing it, or is there contact with GAO about how they think you should do it?

I call up amendment No. 82. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Pryor] proposes an amendment numbered 82 to amendment No. 26. The…

So, in terms of the GAO recommendations, are you halfway through? Are you three-quarters of the way through? Have you implemented all of them?

Six Committees? No wonder you never come to Homeland Security.