I look forward to partnering with Ranking Member Scott.

I understand that there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3627 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2014; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

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 (H.R. 3627) was ordered to…

Now Senator Blunt and I are leading the effort in the Senate to get Brand USA reauthorized so it can expand to even more markets.

Tourism and hospitality know no ideology. This is an area where we can work together across party lines.

I am pleased to offer testimony on behalf of the Corporation For Travel Promotion, which does business as Brand USA.

I think there needs to be more transparency and accountability.

This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation.

Let's move S. 2250 through this committee and get it to the floor to be passed.

Improving our entry process is very, very important.

Our mission is to increase international visitation to and spend in the United States in order to create jobs, grow exports and fuel the U.S. economy.

I appreciate his willingness and his leadership in working on these issues in a bipartisan manner.

Thank you for your leadership on this issue for many, many years, on a bipartisan basis.

The travel and tourism industry is a major economic driver and job creator in this country.

There is strong bipartisan support for this issue, because it knows no ideology.

If we work together, get a few countries in on preclearance, it could make a big difference.

as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the Senate on May 7, 2014, by the President of the United States: the Protocol Amending the Tax Convention…

tomorrow there will be a series of votes at 11:15 a.m and another series at 1:45 p.m. ____________________

on the Senate floor we have been focusing on policies that give Americans a fair shot, bills that would help to reverse the growing trend of income inequality and create more opportunities to climb the economic ladder, the idea that if you…

I now ask for a second reading, and I object to my own request, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

Senator Klobuchar and Senator Blunt have introduced legislation in the Senate to reauthorize it.

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 7:40 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…

If we talk about disaster preparedness, if we talk about severe weather, if we talk about civil defense, then I can find common cause with bipartisan dance partners.