I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a document titled ``Just the FACTS'' at the conclusion of my remarks. Mr. President, the problem of gun violence is real, but too many of the proposed responses to this problem would…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Second Amendment right to Keep and Bear Arms

It was just a fraud.

it just seems like it is going to take a long time to get work done that ought to be done.

Our country is $19 trillion in debt. The 2016 deficit has been projected to increase that by $544 billion.

We have been hitting the Democrats for 3 years that they have not adopted a budget.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I want to compliment this agency for something dealing with the report that they are giving to us on financial management at the Department of Defense.

The cost of these regulations is surely impacting the entire country and our economic growth.

Is there an argument here for biannual budgeting so that more time can be spent on oversight and reauthorization efforts?

So we passed a law, let us say, 6 or 7 years ago that the Defense Department services are supposed to be auditable by 2017.

I want to inform my colleagues that I have placed a hold on S. 2415, the EB-5 Integrity Act of 2015. I have been working for years to reform the EB-5 immigrant investor program, which is run by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…

I believe we can do this by helping the expansion of plan options for small businesses, including Multiple Employer Plans.

I think one of the best ways to close that gap is to make it easier for small businesses to enter into a MEP by relaxing regulations.

I commend the chairman and many of my colleagues on this committee for their work to advance legislation that fixes many of the issues preventing businesses from entering into such plans.

Restrictions on access to tax-favored savings before retirement may discourage individuals from making contributions.

So by any objective account, CMS has failed in overseeing the CO-OP program; $2.5 billion in loans have been given to these 23 CO-OPs.

tomorrow the Senate will vote on a motion to proceed to H.R. 4038, also known as the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act. This bill would prohibit the admission into the United States of refugees from Iraq or Syria or any other…

I would like to pay tribute today to the life of TSgt Joseph G. Lemm who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan. It was his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. Joe was born in Dubuque, IA, and lived in the nearby town of…

I ask unanimous consent to have my letter to Senator McConnell dated December 17, 2015, printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Committee on the…

I thank my colleagues for their commendation of the 150th anniversary of the University of Iowa College of Law. This makes it the first law school west of the Mississippi to reach that milestone. In the past 150 years, the college of law…

at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, an omnibus appropriations bill was filed to keep government operating for the remainder of this fiscal year. This bill, which will be voted on by the House on Friday, includes a straight and clean extension…

So this is where the years of work to reform EB-5 have come. So this is how several years of work ended--a reform blocked by selfish interest. I have to be an optimist around here, and I believe that, eventually, right wins out. It is time…

I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter I received yesterday from the Project on Government Oversight. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: POGO--Project on…

first of all, I wish to compliment Senator McCaskill and Senator Johnson for their leadership in bringing this bill out of their committee--a committee I don't serve on but a bill that is very important to the oversight work of this…