Mr. President, I won't be long, but I am so disappointed. I know my friend wants to be helpful, but I have to say that the visa waiver section--I am not being stubborn about this--all it does is it says that Israel should have the same…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Reid). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, if it would be more convenient for you to come to the desk, I am happy to sit in the Chair. Since the Presiding Officer can't answer my question, I will note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…

Mr. President, we all know that our ally Israel is in a fight for survival because a terrorist group, so named by the United States and Europe, is at war with Israel right now. We remember how it all started, with the kidnapping of three…

Excuse me. I have the time. My friend can get emotional about process. Be my guest. I am not emotional about process. I am emotional about results. How would the Senator feel if he had a terrorist group digging tunnels under his cities…

Mr. President, I think my colleague knows absolutely the reason why. All this is just disingenuous. My friend knows--we discussed it--that if we load down this bill with extraneous amendments on other subjects it would never pass. We know…

Mr. President, before Senator Corker leaves the floor, I want to make sure I understand because maybe there is a window of opportunity to revisit this. I want to make sure I heard what he said. It was my clear understanding--and the…

I wish to engage with my friend in a bit of a colloquy here. I listened to the Senator from Texas, Senator Cornyn--who is working to try to solve these problems--lament the fact that Democrats in the House would not go along with the…

Mr. President, if you sense some emotion and anger in my voice, I have it. I am shocked and deeply saddened that my friend would come here and object, when for days and days and days he told me--he told me--he would not do this. My friend…

Mr. President, Israel faces 100 rocket attacks a day from a terrorist organization called Hamas. Israel is trying to cope with getting rid of tunnels that have been built by this terrorist organization, with one purpose: to send terrorists…

Senators, I will be brief. It is so unfortunate that the House walked away from the work we did, the bipartisan work we did together--79 votes. My goodness. We can't get that these days for Mother's Day. So it was fantastic what we did…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of the President's emergency supplemental request of $615 million to fight wildfires throughout the United States. We have witnessed increasingly large and devastating wildfires over the last…