Mr. President, today I am reintroducing a bill for the private relief of Shirley Constantino Tan. Ms. Tan is a Filipina national living in Pacifica, CA. She is the proud mother of 19 year old U.S. citizen twin boys, Jashley and Joriene…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation to facilitate additional housing and services for Southern California's veterans. It would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to leverage the resources of local governments and…

Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the nuclear agreement with Iran. I do so because I believe this diplomatic achievement provides the only option that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. I would like to take just a…

Mr. President, today I am introducing the State Licensing Efficiency Act with my colleagues Senators Lankford, Cotton, Capito, Leahy, Merkley, and Crapo. This bill provides a simple, commonsense change to the Secure and Fair Enforcement…

Mr. President, it is my understanding that although the Senate had been scheduled to vote at 10:30 on a cloture motion, that time might be changed. However, I wish to make some further remarks in addition to what I said yesterday on the…

So I want to say something about jurisdiction of committees. The Homeland Security Committee is certainly free to do a bill. The Judiciary Committee is certainly free to do a bill. We have the one on the Intelligence Committee--and the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time during quorum calls be charged equally to both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I would like to speak in support of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. I had hoped Senator Burr, the chairman of the committee, would be able to deliver the remarks initially. However, he has been unfortunately…

At the same time, the bill includes numerous privacy protections beyond those contained in last year's bill. Senator Burr and I worked together to address the specific concerns raised by the administration, some of our Senate colleagues…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the historic drought that is devastating California and much of the West and to introduce the California Emergency Drought Relief Act along with Senator Boxer. The toll on some of our most…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to speak about the importance of protecting women's health and protecting their access to their health care, in other words, their choice. I strongly oppose what is becoming a major effort to defund…

Mr. President, I wish to talk about our education system--why it is not working and what we can do to fix it. Ensuring every child in this country gets a high-quality education is critical to our country's future. Education remains the…