I am pleased to support the nomination of Steven Croley to be the next General Counsel at the Department of Energy. Nominated in August 2013, Dr. Croley has served the Obama administration since 2010, including as Deputy Assistant to the…

I am disappointed today that we were unable to move forward on the Energy Savings and Industrial Competiveness Act of 2014, S. 2262. This legislation, also referred to as the energy efficiency bill, had substantial public support and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 274, nays 131, not voting 26, as follows: [Roll No…

I am truly delighted that my colleagues from Missouri, Senators McCaskill and Blunt, have today introduced legislation to name Washington, DC's Union Station after our 33rd President Harry Truman, legislation of which I am proud to be an…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled, ``Online…

I ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Nancy…

I now yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), a member of our committee.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our distinguished whip.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson).

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), a distinguished member of our committee, to put it mildly. (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), another distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee.

This is really not about the R&D tax credit. I have favored it. I continue to favor it. Democrats, indeed, are in favor of tax incentives. Sometimes, we are criticized for that, but that is not the issue here. It is whether we make this…

Let me sum up what this is really all about. This hallowed institution must not be turned into a campaign arm of either political party. That is what the House Republicans are exactly doing here. It has been a year since multiple committee…

So I oppose this rule, and I hope everybody who is thinking of voting ``yes,'' including on the Republican side, will think back on what they have said before about the deficit. I hope we Democrats will think we are for this incentive R&D…

Senator Inhofe and I are introducing, by request, the administration's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015. As is the case with any bill that is introduced by request, we introduce this bill for the purpose of…

listening to your doctor is just common sense. That is why it is important for Congress to take note that this April, the American College of Physicians, ACP, our Nation's largest medical-specialty organization and second largest physician…

I just returned from a trip to Afghanistan and Ukraine where I reviewed the security situation in each country as chairman of the Armed Services Committee. In each country, I met with military leaders and with civilian leaders and…

we should raise the minimum wage. It is indisputable that the minimum wage now lags far behind the cost of living. We last acted to raise the minimum wage in 2009, when we set the current rate of $7.25 an hour. Adjusted for inflation, that…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the motion to suspend the…

So let me close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think it is regrettable that we are here in this predicament when we don't need to be. I think we do need to fix the expat issue, but not by unfixing health care reform for…

Finally, I submit into the Record the Statement of Administration Policy from the Obama administration. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 4414--Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Rep. Carney, D-Delaware, and 24 cosponsors)…

Also, I submit for the Record a letter in opposition to this bill as presently formed from the National Immigration Law Center. National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, April 30, 2014. Dear Speaker Boehner and Democratic Leader…

So I will do the same. I would like to place in the Record a letter of opposition to this bill as presently formulated from the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the American Federation of Teachers…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind), another member of our committee.

It is now my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.