I hope it is continued constructively with that comment and helping to prevent gun violence and the kind of massacre that we saw in Newtown.

Is 20 babies enough to say these implements should not be so easily distributed?

I want to begin by thanking you, Madam Chairman, for your courage over many years, your consistent advocacy for this assault weapon ban.

This time is different. This time we will do something. And the reason it is different is that Newtown changed America.

The point is those checks work, and if we can extend them to the gun shows, we can keep guns out of the hands of criminals as well as the criminally insane.

No city can stop gun violence alone because our city borders are porous to illegal trafficking.

the fact is, Chief Flynn, I would agree with you totally that what we see in our Nation is mass murder committed as a result of gun violence.

I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Senate proceed to executive session and that the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on Executive Calendar No. 10 be agreed…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:32 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 41, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 16, S. 298. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 298) to prevent…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

there will be a reconsideration of the cloture vote on the Hagel nomination at noon tomorrow. ____________________

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

I further ask that the committee- reported amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The…

today and throughout the coming weeks, I hope this body will move closer to comprehensive immigration reform. Actually, accountable immigration reform would be a more appropriate term to call it--accountable to the people of the United…

I am proud to stand here to support the nomination of Chuck Hagel as our next Secretary of Defense. I believe he will be confirmed by this Chamber, I hope, on a bipartisan basis. He is, in fact, extraordinarily qualified for this position…

I ask unanimous consent the resolutions by agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the resolutions be printed in…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations, Calendar Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy; that the nominations be…

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 14, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:46 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. ____________________

earlier today cloture was filed on the Hagel nomination. That cloture vote is expected on Friday. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 31, S. Res. 32, S. Res. 33, and S. Res. 34. There being no objection, the…

You have given us a new DREAMer to call a model for why we should pass this act and expedite the earned citizenship status.