I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1467 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

the Senate will be going home this week for the Fourth of July recess, and most of us will be back in our homes with our families and in our hometowns and moving around. I still think the topic of conversation is going to be healthcare. I…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1466 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

There is a 40 percent out of school and out of work rate among young blacks in Chicago.

If we can get many of these young people in a job, trained for a job, it does amazing things. It changes their lives.

I want you to come to the programs that you are proposing are going to be cut.

We have got a problem in Chicago, gun violence. It is primarily among young people, primarily minority populations.

Now I look at your budget, and you are cutting the Department of Labor's budget by 20 percent.

several weeks ago the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to replace it. It was passed without hearings. It was passed without an amendment process, and it was passed before the Congressional Budget…

it was about a month ago that the House of Representatives, by a narrow vote, voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to replace it with their own creation. That effort by the House of Representatives passed by, I believe, 2, 3, or 4…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 65, nays 34, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I want to take a few moments to acknowledge my friend, Joan Claybrook. Joan is a legend. She is one of the most effective champions this Nation has ever seen--and she is still leading the charge. Last week, Joan celebrated her 80th…

let me thank my colleague from New Jersey for his excellent remarks on the Affordable Care Act and its future and really spotlight the point he made. He and I have been around legislatures for a long time, both at the local level, State…

The stakes are high. The Air Force stands to lose $15 billion in funding requested in its budget to sequestration.

I am seriously concerned that the President's budget proposal does not move us any closer to a budget deal or a solution to sequestration.

Like each of our military services, I am seriously concerned that the President's budget proposal does not move us any closer to a budget deal, or a solution to sequestration.

As we cutback in areas like healthcare, which we are now debating in the Senate, as we cutback in areas like educational investment, it diminishes the likelihood we will have a pool of quality recruits in the future.

I believe it is very critical that we deliver the fifth generation fighter to maintain our air superiority.

I know you want the best, and we do too, to protect our Nation, and to serve in the Air Force.

It appears that standards are at least being changed, if not weakened and diminished.

Congress is doing everything in our power to make sure we replace this engine with an American-made one, as soon as possible.

This is no way for the greatest nation on earth to run the world's most powerful military.

The situation, the way I see it, gets a little more complex when you look at your recruitment.

have you announced the business for the day? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We have laid down the business.

today is the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, known as DACA. DACA provides temporary legal status to immigrant students who arrived in the United States as children and infants, if they register with…