Good morning. We are starting promptly because the Senate will have a series of votes that will start shortly after 11 o'clock.

I would note that I am a cosponsor of Senator Schumer's bill, which is the Holocaust Rail Justice Act, which is also the subject of today's hearing.

She is the reason that there is a designated national laboratory on the Space Station, and she has been consistently the promoter of the International Space Station.

I share the survivors' goal: to make sure that remaining survivors are not left destitute, are respected, and have access to the records, resources, and justice that they are, frankly, entitled to.

the purpose of this bill is to allow survivors and heirs who believe that they may have claims against European insurers because of unpaid policies from the Holocaust to sue those insurers in U.S. courts.

The way I understand it, the sequester was never supposed to go into effect.

When a veteran comes home... they cannot get a job.

We have an obligation... 8.2 percent unemployment nationally; among veterans, it is 12.7 percent.

It's up to us to stand by our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen.

Veterans Conservation Corps Authorization Act

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the period for debate only on S. 3240 be extended until 5 p.m., and that the majority leader be recognized at that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.