We join our Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake in support of this important legislation and respectfully ask for your support.

today, September 11, 2013, is a day in which we remember lives cut too short in the attacks on our Nation 12 years ago. We also remember acts of bravery, selflessness, and all that took place that morning and in the days and months and the…

I also rise today to speak about the need for continued attention to our Nation's fiscal health and to encourage my colleagues to seize the opportunity to take the necessary steps to rein in our out-of-control spending. As so often happens…

I think that one would have to suspend disbelief, as you mentioned, to assume that the regime was not in charge of this.

if we failed to act. I think that's an appropriate question.

I rise today to discuss the so-called grand bargain referenced yesterday by the President. On Tuesday President Obama recycled a number of policy ideas that have lingered for months, if not years, and repackaged them as what he called ``a…

To that end, I respectfully request that the distinguished chairwoman make a commitment that she will protect the Senate's vital provision and work to ensure that any conference report brought before the Senate achieves a full and…

as the two Chambers prepare to go to conference on the farm bill, I rise to request a commitment from the distinguished chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee to protect the Senate farm bill's vital provision to end direct payments…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with Senator Stabenow. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Farm Bill

I thank the chairwoman for her commitment. To be frank, I believe the Senate farm bill leaves much to be desired. In fact, to gain my support, the farm bill will need to undergo dramatic changes to reduce the taxpayer cost of Federal crop…

I thank my colleague as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois. Unanimous Consent Request--H. Con. Res. 25

To the chairwoman's credit, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has maintained a sustained effort to eliminate direct payments. In fact, between the 2012 and 2013 Senate farm bills and the majority's sequester replacement…