David Perdue

I ask to speak for up to 5 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized. ____________________

5 years ago today, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Act. Following the 2008 financial crisis, Washington passed this 2,300-page bill, creating more burdensome regulations that did not solve the crisis, and, in many ways, made…

I have a letter to President Obama... asking that we work with international community to make sure that these elections are held in a free and fair manner.

I am very concerned... about the political environment and the free elections, so my sincere admonition and encouragement is to make sure that we get to a point of good governance there, that corruption is dealt with, and that our aid…

I am concerned about trade, as well, and the possible vaccination.

We, as all countries internationally, need to allow all tools to be used in the toolbox.

Georgians are fearful right now about what could happen to them in this next flyway season.

I rise to speak about the greatest domestic policy train wreck we have seen in our lifetime, a fundamentally flawed law that is holding back our economy and limiting people's freedom when it comes to choices in health care. Of course, I am…

I ask unanimous consent to be able to speak for up to 4 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Nothing damages small businesses more than overregulation.

The No. 1 topic I hear when I travel back to my State among business people is that regulations are taking the life out of our free enterprise system.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 81, S. 501. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 109 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I ask unanimous consent that the HELP Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 168. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; the Schatz amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no…

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 8:16 p.m., adjourned until Friday, May 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 185, S. Res. 186, and S. Res. 187. There being no objection, the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 501) was ordered to be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1690 and the Senate proceed to its consideration and the consideration of Calendar No. 64, S. 261, and Calendar No…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 115 through 122, and all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy…

I further ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 168) was agreed…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Friday, May 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

First, in the last 100 years, we have had three super majorities, all Democratic: the first gave us the New Deal, the second gave us the Great Society, and the third gave us Dodd-Frank and the Affordable Care Act.

I have been elected to office for 30 years. I have operated under rules. I have operated where there are no rules in the United States.