I announce that the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily absent. The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows…

let me just echo the comments of our Democratic leader, Senator Reid, in relation to Senator Mikulski. I will save a few moments perhaps next week to speak my own tribute to her and give my own reminiscences. But I didn't want to abruptly…

I come to the floor this morning to talk about an issue that I have raised many times from this very spot, and it is an issue relative to the undocumented young people living in America--undocumented because they are not legally in this…

on January 3, there will be a new Senate sworn in. Members come down this aisle, to be sworn in over here by the Vice President of the United States, to become Members of the U.S. Senate. It will be the passing of the Senate seat in our…

there are many disagreements in this Chamber and between the House and the Senate, but I think there is one thing we fundamentally agree on. Our system of immigration in this country is broken. There are many different ways to approach it…

I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for calling us together on the floor to discuss this important bill, the 21st Century Cures Act. It is a bill I followed closely because I started off introducing the American Cures Act. My goal in…

I want to take a few moments to acknowledge Bernarda ``Bernie'' Wong, founder and president of the Chinese American Service League, CASL--and Esther Wong, cofounder and executive director of CASL. Earlier this year, Bernie and Esther…

15 years ago, a woman contacted my office in Chicago because she had a problem. It turned out that her daughter, who was about 17 years old or 18 years old at the time, had an extraordinary musical talent and had been accepted as a student…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cruz). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall…

the solution to a lot of this problem, then, would be closing that loophole, correct?

American servicemen and--women are the ones who are walking around with targets on their back.

I held a hearing to examine these programs and shed light on widespread evidence that some institutions, mainly for-profit companies, were exploiting servicemembers.

I have supported these programs in my role as Chairman and, now, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

It is vital that both Congress and Executive branch agencies exercise robust oversight of the institutions of higher education that participate.

the 90/10 rule and the loophole that enables for-profit institutions to count VA and DOD educational benefits as non-Federal money, in effect, makes servicemen and women, and potentially veterans, more vulnerable.

I don't know how many of the committee members share it. But, we are the Armed Services Committee. We have a responsibility, I think, to assure that servicemen and women are not targeted, are not recruited as a result of abuses and other…

we need to grapple with this problem, because there are literally hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money at stake

during the Presidential campaign, which just concluded, President-Elect Donald Trump made some inflammatory remarks about immigration and immigrants. I condemned those remarks, as did many in both political parties, and I remain concerned…

Earlier this year, Linda Yu, one of Chicago's most respected and well-liked broadcasters, announced that she will anchor her final newscast next Wednesday, November 23, 2016. For more than 37 years, Linda Yu has reported the news in…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) is necessarily absent, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

Died with a smile. Mr. McCONNELL. It was a great, great story. Congratulations. ____________________

That is how I remember it, yes. I don't know if you read the epilogue, but one of those 108-year-old women passed away within a few days of the Cubs' win of the World Series. Mr. McCONNELL. Satisfied, I am sure, and ready to finally go on.

I am going to wrap up. I see the majority leader is on the floor, but I know he is a big sports fan. Catcher David Ross, playing in the final game of his career, made history when he hit a home run in the fifth inning of game 7 to give the…

like the majority of Americans who supported the Democratic candidate for President in the most recent election, I was disappointed by the results. But last Wednesday, I publicly congratulated President-Elect Donald Trump. I believe the…