It is now my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Danny K. Davis), a distinguished member of our committee.

over the last few days there has been a lot of talk about negotiating, and there has been a lot of negotiating. That is good. Various Senators in small and large groups have been talking about how long a continuing resolution should be in…

Well, for a week now, the Republicans said no to a CR funding the entire government unless there was defunding of health care reform. That was the bludgeon. It did not work. So the Republicans shut down the government. It turns out that…

This will be a short 5-minute, indeed a short 1-minute, because it all can be said in a very few words. Yesterday, the Speaker said ``there are not enough votes in the House to pass'' a clean bill to fund the government and end the…

We should not be debating a bill that's going nowhere. We should be debating a bill that will end this shutdown. Yesterday, the Speaker said this: There are not enough votes in the House to pass a clean bill to fund the government and end…

the other day a reporter came up to me and said: You have been here a while. What do you think it will take to end this shutdown? I replied with a single sentence: The Speaker of the House needs to lead. A majority of House Republicans…

Here is what Congressman Dent said: I do believe it's imperative that we do have a clean funding bill to fund the government. Then he continued: That was the intent of the Republican leadership all along, but obviously there were a few…

House Speaker Boehner is sending the Senate a series of bills to put one Band-Aid at a time on the House Republicans' government shutdown. It is an obvious attempt to fool the American people into thinking House Republicans are acting to…

Let's be clear about what's happening here. We are in day-four of the shutdown of the federal government for one reason, and one reason alone: The desire of a radical wing of the Republican Party to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. To…

I've listened to the debate. Nobody on the Republican side has answered this question: Why not a vote on the clean CR? Why not? It would pass. That's why you're not bringing it up. It's politics within your conference, but it's harming the…

it is a great pleasure to join my colleague Debbie Stabenow in honoring Starr Commonwealth on a century of distinguished service to children and families across Michigan. Fittingly, they will mark this milestone with a Founder's Day…

I think it's deeply disturbing that someone comes here and talks about a park. That's important, but a park? How about the children? How about the kids who need daycare? There are several billion spent on childcare and daycare in this…

I thank my good friend. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

That is not something you have to go to conference about. That is something which is sort of kind of fundamental. We have voted twice on your proposal. We have rejected it. You refused to vote on a Senate proposal. Why? Because you are…

Is it also not true that we have voted twice on the House continuing resolution? We have rejected it, but we voted on it.

The Senator just made a reference to the fact that the Speaker of the House has refused to put the Senate resolution up for a vote in the House of Representatives. It seems to me this has not been adequately illuminated to the public. It…

Earlier today the Senate rejected for the second time the House Republican continuing resolution. The approach they have adopted over in the House attempts to and would deprive millions of Americans of health insurance if it were passed…

the recent tragic shooting at the Navy Yard has by now moved off the front pages, but for the victims and their loved ones and for the Washington, DC community, the effects of that horrific day will linger much longer. We may never fully…

I urge that we need to pause to consider the real meaning of what's happening tonight. This is more than about a vote or two. I think this is a fateful occasion. It signifies this: The Republican Party in the House is being thoroughly…

folks back home will often come up to me after the Senate has gone through some crisis or complex procedure and they will ask me: What just happened? Usually I can give them an explanation. But I hope nobody asks me about what we have seen…

This bill defunds still more than the Affordable Care Act. It undermines Medicare. It would end improvements in new prescription drug benefits, increases costs for those with Medicare Advantage, and hurts children covered by CHIP as well…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mr. Levin pertaining to the introduction of S. 1533 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

I am introducing today, along with my colleagues Senators Whitehouse, Begich and Shaheen, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, legislation that is geared to stop the estimated $150 billion yearly drain on the U.S. treasury caused by offshore tax…

when Michigan novelist Elmore Leonard passed away on August 20, the world lost an irreplaceable voice, a witty creator of unlikely and unforgettable characters who, like their creator, knew the value of brevity. Leonard's novels took place…

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…