I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator from Iowa for allowing me to jump in front of him. I commend the Senator from Louisiana and confirm everything she said. The vote tonight on the motion to proceed is important. This is an important debate not just for…

The Senator is correct. In fact, to be precise, there were seven concerns about the legislation when the first UC was propounded on our side, five of which involve potential amendments that need to be made to the bill or in their opinion…

I just had a conversation with the distinguished Senator from Louisiana with regard to the flood control bill. I am the Republican sponsor of that bill and am very adamantly in support of that bill passing. Senator Menendez is the…

before I make my remarks, I commend the Senator from South Dakota and underscore what the Senator said regarding the SKILLS Act passed by the House of Representatives. I am the ranking member of the labor subcommittee on Health, Education…

Merry Christmas to the Presiding Officer and to all those who might be watching C-SPAN. We are getting close to the big holiday, and it is a time when I come to the well to pay tribute to a great newsman in Georgia who is retiring after 40…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Paul Yates

I am pleased to join Senator Chambliss in this sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It is absolutely important that we not disproportionately burden those who have served us and who have saved us, and our veterans have done both. As we deal…

I wish to thank the Senator from Washington for all of her hard work as chairman of the Budget Committee and on this bipartisan compromise on the Budget Act. I want to thank my colleague, Senator Chambliss of Georgia, for joining me to…

I see the distinguished Senator from Washington on the floor who I assume wishes to speak; if not, I ask to be recognized for up to 5 minutes and then I will yield to the distinguished Senator from Washington. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

In 1983, when Reagan and O'Neill, Tip O'Neill, changed the Social Security rules, I was 39 years old.

I think there are challenges with raising the age, and I think one of the challenges is, clearly, it is going to become very difficult to ask a coal miner to go down in that mine when he is 68 or 69 or 70.