The sooner the better, from my point of view, and I wish more Members of Congress felt the same way.

I hope with the new appropriation bill you will be able to also find some Assistant U.S. Attorneys to help Mr. Fardon in his effort in the Northern District.

155 detainees remain at Guantanamo.

I want to congratulate Irene Gainer on her upcoming retirement from Federal service. Most of my colleagues know Irene through her husband, Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer, but today Irene gets the spotlight as I take a few minutes to…

on January 17, just days before our Nation observed a day in remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr., a man recognized for his nonviolent activism during the civil rights movement, a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, popular with foreigners…

I grew up in East Saint Louis, IL, on the banks of the Mississippi River. As a child, it was a dominant feature in my life--crossing that river, watching that river. It didn't take long as I grew up to realize that that river has a mind of…

I do not see why disclosure should be a partisan issue at this point.

Naturally, this troubling new world of campaign finance impacts how we as elected officials interact with the fund-raising process.

This is corrupting. We saw it in the gilded age, and what I think both Justice Kennedy and Justice Roberts have now done in these decisions is to open up a new gilded age.

Others, and I am among them, are worried that the recent decision's elimination of even modest limits on campaign contributions... has the very real potential to corrode the integrity of the system itself.

I think this non-disclosed money is a danger to the republic no matter who it favors one year to the next.

These are changes I view as a threat to undermine the fundamental principle of American democracy--one person, one vote.

Unfortunately, the disclosure requirements that they mention in those opinions as the bulwark against abuse and corruption simply do not exist.

It was the Grassley amendment that brought us into this world in terms of bringing Members of Congress and their staff into the Affordable Care Act.

the President of the United States will deliver the State of the Union Address at 9 p.m. tomorrow. All Senators are invited to attend the joint session. The Senate will begin gathering in the Senate Chamber at 8:20 p.m. and depart from the…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

last Friday at Rockefeller Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago hundreds braved the frigid weather to pay tribute to a fallen American hero. The life story of John Rogers, Sr., recalls an extraordinary chapter in the life of…

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 follow: S. 1960 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2014; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 295, S. 1901. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1901) to…

I further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 75, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The legislative…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 75) was agreed to…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 337 submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

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 6:40 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at 10 a.m.