I ask for the yeas and nays. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The VICE PRESIDENT. Before the Chair announces the vote…

And your side has used 9. So I wish to offer the opportunity for the Senator to speak in opposition. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

I say to the Senator, here is the state of play. Unless we can agree to come to the floor and debate the issue, your absence delays the time when you will be speaking until the end of the debate, which creates an advantage for you by…

Unless there are other speakers in opposition, I would--I am sorry. Senator Grassley is here. I once again withdraw and yield the floor to Senator Grassley.

first let me thank Senator Graham, Senator McCain, Senator Rubio, Senator Flake, and on our side Senator Schumer, Senator Menendez, and my friend Senator Bennet. The eight of us came together to create a bill, and in the end we did a lot…

I wish to ask how much time has been consumed by the proponents of the measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Approximately 23 minutes.

if no time is used at this point, how will the time be taken off, how will it be calculated? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time spent in quorum calls is equally divided between the two sides.

I rise to discuss President Obama's trip to Africa that began yesterday. There is no shortage of important issues to address on the continent, from continued instability in eastern Congo, Mali, and Somalia, to autocratic government in…

last week, the Senate unanimously adopted a resolution honoring the 50th Anniversary of Congressman John Lewis's leadership of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. In the early 1960s…

I rise today to once again voice publicly my concern with actions the Government of Bangladesh has taken and is poised to take with respect to Grameen Bank and the Grameen family of companies. Grameen Bank has for decades been the pride of…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island, and I thank the Presiding Officer. I wish to join my colleague, Senator Schumer, first thanking him for his leadership and bringing us together. With Senator McCain, they led the eight-Senator effort…

will the Chair inform me how much time has been used on each side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The proponents have consumed approximately 23 minutes. The opponents have consumed approximately 9 minutes.

I made a point of not raising this issue when Senator Cowan was in the chair the other day, but I wanted to come to the floor and say a few words about the Chicago Blackhawks. For the fifth time since 1926 and the second time in four…

I was here on the floor when Senator Mo Cowan gave his farewell remarks. He came to the Senate as an appointee to fill the spot John Kerry left vacant when he left to the Secretary of State's position. I can't think of a person who came to…

what is pending before the Senate is a piece of history. For those who are witnessing this debate--whether in the galleries or at home on C-SPAN--you are watching a debate on the floor of the Senate that doesn't happen very often. We are…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Senator Mo Cowan

I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) is necessarily absent.

for those who are following the debate of the Senate, we are in the midst of the debate on the immigration reform bill, expecting votes on amendments this week, and then final passage. It is a historic and important measure. We have…

in deference to the Presiding Officer, I am going to forgo my speech on the Stanley Cup playoffs until another Member is presiding later in the day. Instead, I wish to address the speech made by the Senate Republican leader on the issue of…

we have an historic opportunity here in the Senate. It doesn't happen very often. This is a bipartisan bill. How about that. Yesterday we had 67 votes in favor of this immigration reform package. We would have had 69, but two Democratic…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

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. 1210 Be it enacted by the Senate and House 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 follows: S. 1207 Be it enacted by the Senate and House 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 follows: S. 1207 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…