I ask for a clarification. Is there still 5 minutes remaining for the Senator from New Jersey? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington consumed 5 of 9 minutes, leaving 4 minutes remaining for the opponents of the bill.

If I don't use my entire time, I will yield the remainder to the Senator from New Jersey for those with opposing positions. Mr. President, many times on the floor of the Senate we are faced with difficult, sometimes impossible choices. At…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

parliamentary inquiry: How much time do we have before the vote? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 36 minutes remaining prior to the vote.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other Senators in…

It is twice the intensity and the problem of my State, and I feel it personally. There is no town too small and no suburb too wealthy to avoid the opioid addiction, leading to heroin in 80 percent of the cases and heroin overdoses and…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

The Senator and I will both concede that there are people with chronic, acute pain who need relief every single day, and we are not quarrelling with that, that it should be prescribed and there is a definite need. Pain is an issue in the…

If the Senator will yield further for a question, through the Chair, in the year 2014, the Drug Enforcement Agency of the United States approved the production of 14 billion opioid tablets in the United States--2014, 14 billion--enough…

First, I thank him for his leadership on this issue. I know it is personal to him and the Presiding Officer. In my State, I think the death rate from opioids and heroin is somewhere around 12 per 100,000; in your State, I understand it is…

I want to thank the Senator for yielding for questions through the Chair, and I would just say to him that I know the problem he faces and the Presiding Officer faces.

15 years ago I introduced a bill called the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act was designed to give children brought to the United States by their parents, who were undocumented, a chance--a path toward legalization, a path toward citizenship. These…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. DACA, DAPA, and Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy

I rise to speak as in morning business. Zika Virus Mr. President, the statement just made by the Senate Democratic leader on the Zika challenge to the United States is well documented. What is well documented is that the President of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided between the Democrats and Republicans during the quorum call. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

this article is entitled, ``U.S. Officials Are Surprised by Zika Rate in Puerto Rico.'' It goes on: ``Roughly 1 percent of recent blood donors in Puerto Rico showed signs of active infection with the Zika virus, suggesting that a…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sullivan). Are there any other…

the whole world knows that on June 12, a gunman shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in the worst mass shooting in modern American history, but what they may not know is, there has been at least 10 other mass shooting incidents in…

I have taken the floor many times to call to the attention of the Senate abuses by for-profit colleges, an industry that enrolls 10 percent of all college students, receives 20 percent of all Federal aid to education, and accounts for 40…

ACICS has shown time and again that it is not a reliable authority when it comes to the quality of an education. It is not a responsible steward of taxpayers' dollars. Follow the money in this case. Think of schools like Corinthian that…

I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 70…