Reserving the right to object, this is the first time I have seen this list. It has 17 Republican amendments on it. An hour apiece with a vote would probably take us around the clock or close to it. I wish to review this list with the…

Without objection, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky. Neurofibromatosis 2

So for those who would come to the floor and argue somehow this bill is going to inhibit or restrain Americans in the use of the Internet, it does not, and the Pryor-Blunt amendment, which is being offered, extends for 10 years this…

My impression--and I could be mistaken--is it was adopted by voice vote. The amendment the Senator is offering giving a 7-year protection against taxes for using the Internet was adopted by voice vote. It was clearly unanimous--at least…

Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to consideration of Calendar No. 64, S. 788, a bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequestration and offset with funds from overseas contingency operations; that the bill be read three times and…

I would like to engage the Senator in a dialog, if I can, through the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

The Senator from Wyoming and the Senator from Tennessee and I, along with the Senator from North Dakota, have brought this measure to the floor and invited our colleagues to file amendments. We are starting to get a response. I can give…

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the…

I am asking before your amendment is adopted. The underlying bill has no tax on access to the Internet.

So the Senator is suggesting the extension of protecting America's right to access the Internet from being taxed; is that correct?

I understand the passion of my colleagues from Oregon. Oregon is one of five States with no sales tax. I know they have voted down a sales tax by statewide referendum repeatedly, by margins of 2 to 1, I am told. So it is clear they have a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Airland of the Armed Services Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 24, 2013, at 3 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 24, 2013, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: Are We On Track to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 24, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 24, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

today along with my colleague Senator Mark Kirk, I introduced a bill to name the United States Postal Service facility at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building. I am proud to…

let me salute my colleague from Maine for an extraordinary maiden speech on the floor of the Senate. It was a great lesson in history, and those of us who continue to study history realize he has an insight into this Nation which we all…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Commending Senator King

I just want to make one postscript. When Paul Ryan, the Republican candidate for Vice President and the chairman of the House Republican Budget Committee, wrote his 2011 budget, he included the very fund which the Senator from Pennsylvania…

I listened to the Senator from Pennsylvania. I have heard his arguments. I know he is convinced of his arguments. There are several things he did not mention. The sequestration we are currently going through was a bipartisan decision. Both…

I am disappointed. I am disappointed because I know this was a good-faith effort on behalf of the Senators from Arkansas and Missouri to make certain Americans across the board wouldn't have to pay a tax to use the Internet. That has been…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 24, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Call…

pending before us is S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, and this legislation would require Internet retailers selling into States with sales taxes to collect the sales tax. The Senator from Arkansas and the Senator from Missouri have…