It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel). (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 238, nays 181, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 135]…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Pelosi), our very distinguished leader.

Americans believe in the power of hard work as the key to getting ahead, the key to prosperity, the key to a better future. We also believe in the importance of family, and in the responsibility we all share for making sure that America's…

consideration of judicial nominees is among the most important duties of the Senate. I am pleased that four, well- qualified nominees to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will now be before the Senate, and I urge…

I ask unanimous consent that the time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Laurie J. Michelson, of…

I ask my colleague how many further requests for time he has, and I will reserve the balance of my time.

It is now my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

In closing, I yield myself the balance of my time. I respect very much the specific impetus for this bill. Unfortunately, though, there have been no hearings on this legislation, and it was not marked up in committee. I would like to…

It is a special privilege to yield as much time as she shall consume to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard), a veteran who I think is going to relate her own experience.

This bill, as has been discussed, encourages veteran employment and the growth of midsize businesses. For post-9/11 veterans, the unemployment rate has continued to decline. However, the rate of unemployment is still higher than the…

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Thomas Edward ``Ed'' Braswell, Jr., and I offer my sincerest condolences to his family. Two former chairmen of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sam Nunn and John Warner, joined in expressing…

I want to assure our colleagues that these nominees from Michigan have been selected--obviously by us-- following a very thorough screening committee with its broadly based recommendations. All four of these nominees are highly qualified…

I ask unanimous consent all time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, and pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays…

I just want to close by stating--it can be done very briefly--the importance of this legislation. I think we have heard eloquent testimony to it, and I hope we can proceed on a bipartisan basis, as has been true before. I yield back the…

the Senate takes another step forward in combating sexual assault in the military. Thanks to the leadership of Senators McCaskill, Ayotte, Fischer, and others, we can improve legislation which adds important new protections for victims of…

first let me thank Senator McCaskill for her terrific leadership on this matter and Senator Ayotte and others on our committee who worked so hard to strengthen our laws against sexual assault and strengthen the ability of our commanders to…

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel). I also ask unanimous consent that the balance of my time be managed by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott), the ranking member on the Health Subcommittee. The…

It is now my special pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) with whom those of us on Ways and Means have worked all of these years on health care reform. He is one of the authors of this bill and the…

Well, here they go again. But this time, it is the 50th time that House Republicans have brought up legislation to repeal or to undermine the Affordable Care Act. But this 50th time is no golden anniversary. It is a House Republican goose…

the Veterans Benefits Act, S. 1982, purports to place caps on future years' expenditures for Overseas Contingency Operations, ``OCO'', ostensibly to pay-for the added expenditures authorized by the bill. OCO is an emergency expenditure…

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

today I join with Senator Inhofe to introduce a bill to incentivize the production and use of alternative fuel vehicles, including natural gas vehicles, NGVs, and plug-in- electric hybrids. Encouraging the production of alternative fuel…

no family should be forced to endure the loss of a child. In his memoir, President Dwight Eisenhower wrote that the loss of his 3-year-old son in early 1921 was ``the greatest disappointment and disaster in my life, the one that I have…

On a day when the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Camp, is unveiling a tax measure that requires serious bipartisanship to be successful, we are here on the floor considering a totally political bill in an attempt to…