in Flint, MI, a family anxiously awaits word of when their son and brother will return to them. For more than 600 days, Amir Hekmati has been imprisoned in Iran, accused of spying for the United States. His capture, detention, trial and…

in May, thousands of law enforcement officers from around the Nation came together at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC to commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Congressional resolution that created…

the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 contains many important provisions for my State of Michigan and for our Nation's farmers and that is why I am voting in support. The Senate passed a farm bill in 2012, but the House took…

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

Again, if my friend would yield, the name of the bill which the Senator cosponsored is called Cut Unjustifiable Tax Loopholes. There are plenty of tax deductions which are totally justified. Mortgage interest is justified, accelerated…

I wish to make one more comment about offshoring. My dear friend from Rhode Island knows that my permanent subcommittee has done a lot of work on the tax breaks for offshoring. In addition to what the Senator said about delaying the tax on…

Since I have interrupted the Senator, let me ask one additional question. I notice that even though the Senator's menu yields $127 billion, that he only requires $85 billion for the 1-year sequester replacement, which means that, for…

If the Senator would yield for a question, if that position were taken by all of us, that is a guarantee of inaction?

This is perhaps the most stunning thing I have learned fairly recently. It is even possible under our Tax Code for the cost of operations of that facility to be deducted currently, while the tax on the profits or the income of that…

These are justifiable tax deductions. What we are talking about are the unjustifiable ones which shouldn't be there. As the Senator points out, we are not proposing tax rate increases. The way I phrase it is I am talking about collecting…

If they are building a plant overseas, the cost of that plant can be deducted currently?

Not increasing taxes or the rates for taxes, but collecting the taxes which, in all justice, really should be collected by Uncle Sam.

at the beginning of March, when Congress's failure to reach a compromise on deficit reduction triggered sequestration, some in Congress were ready to declare victory. ``Sequestration will take place . . . [and] I am excited,'' said one…

Senator Inhofe and I are introducing, by request, the administration's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. As is the case with any bill that is introduced by request, we introduce this bill for the purpose of…

through no one's fault but my own, I got here a couple of minutes late for the last amendment, the vote on the Feinstein amendment. I would have voted aye had I gotten here in time. The Senator from Michigan.

I wish to start by thanking Senator Whitehouse who has shown such strong leadership on the issue we are going to be discussing this afternoon, which is how do we get out of the sequestration box we are now in. I also wish to thank him for…

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…

I support the resolution on Iran that we are voting on today, and I hope it sends a strong message to Iran as it continues to flout the international community in pursuit of a nuclear program that is a significant challenge to our Nation…

I yield myself the balance of my time. I am from Michigan, and 75 years ago, a predecessor brought forth ideas that at long last we would lift the shame of millions of Americans who go to bed without health care. Since that time, the…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 2\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I now yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, Mr. Blumenauer, from the State of Oregon.

I now yield 2 minutes to another member of our committee, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis).

I now yield 2 minutes to another member of our committee, the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell).

I now yield 1 minute to another member of our committee, the distinguished gentleman from the State of Connecticut (Mr. Larson). (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Massachusetts, a distinguished member of our committee, Mr. Neal. (Mr. NEAL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)