I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1568, introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1568) to extend…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, June 15; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I thank the Senator from Wyoming through the Chair for bringing that point to our colleagues about what is happening in western Colorado and the Colowyo mine. The Senator from Wyoming mentioned in his comments that sometimes the…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent…

I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, June 15, at 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to Executive Session to the en bloc consideration of Executive Calendar Nos. 131 and 132; that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form…

I ask unanimous consent that the junior Senator from Georgia be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 95, H.R. 615. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 615) to amend the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 54, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A concurrent…

I thank Chairman Isakson of the Veterans' Affairs Committee for his tireless work on this legislation and Senator Blumenthal as well as the cosponsor of this legislation tonight, Senator Bennet, my colleague from Colorado. This gives us…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:19 p.m., adjourned until Monday, June 15, 2015, at 2 p.m…

I come to the floor this morning to talk about an amendment I have filed to the National Defense Authorization Act, amendment No. 1708. This amendment would require the President to submit a comprehensive strategy within 120 days to…

I wish to talk a little bit about what is happening on Colorado's Western Slope this morning. Several weeks ago, a judge in Denver, CO, ruled that a permit was improperly given to a mine known as the Colowyo mine on the Western Slope in…

I think in May of this year, the State of Colorado committed to spending $1 million for track maintenance along the Southwest Chief line.

I think this is important that we find a solution to this, that we find a way that we can make this work.

I, too, echo the thanks to my colleague from Colorado, Senator Bennet, for his leadership on this effort. It is time that we take the VA hospital from the thorn of the VA system to the crown of the VA system, which we know it will be once…

I wish to welcome a great new diplomatic development in my home State of Colorado. Last week, Denver was proud to officially welcome the opening of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, TECO, the de-facto consulate of Taiwan in the…

I rise to talk and continue the conversation we were having in the Senate about trade and the need to pass trade promotion authority, all geared toward hopeful entry and final conclusion of a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement that this…

I ask unanimous consent that following the remarks of Senator Blumenthal for up to 5 minutes, the Senate recess today until 2 p.m., and that the time during recess count postcloture. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

I reiterate the thanks my colleague from Colorado has given to Chairman Isakson of the Veterans' Affairs Committee as well as to the Senator from Kansas who worked closely with us to make sure we could all get behind two measures we…

Two hundred twenty jobs directly at the mine, millions of dollars in tax revenues, 220 jobs and two communities in Western Colorado, gone.

This court decision which was brought an unbelievable eight years later, has the potential to wipe out two communities in Northwestern Colorado.

Recently a court decision in Colorado has basically called into question the permit for a mine in the Colowyo Mine.

We have developed, 4 years ago, the International Strategy for Cyberspace. It is now 4 years old.

We believe that sovereignty does apply in cyberspace, to an extent, but it does not transcend things... like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.