I would say to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair that there are two possibilities: We continue under this current system, which works a disadvantage on the Main Street stores and shopping malls and denies to those units of…

Responding to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair, I listened to the speeches of our critics, and they were swooning over the notion of being subjected to 9,600 taxing districts, taxing entities. What the Senator from Tennessee…

I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 60 and Calendar No. 64; that there be 90 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form: the time…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration, en bloc, of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 105, S. Res. 106, S. Res. 107, and S. Res. 108. There being no objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection…

So have you been given any indication of at least the area of potential deployment?

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:01 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 9:30…

I now ask for its second reading and object to my own request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for posing that question, and through the Chair I would say to him that I am in a tough position here facing two former Governors--Governors of West Virginia and Tennessee--but I am sure they agree with…

Responding to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair, he is right. And this has been controversial. I can remember that in the last debate--and it was a few years ago--the argument being made was that we should have free access to…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Shaheen), are necessarily absent.

I note Senator Enzi is on the floor. At 5:30 p.m. we are voting on a measure which will affect literally millions of Americans. I will provide some illustration about this bill. A close friend of mine is the mayor of Normal, IL. His name…

There are differences of opinion about this, but here are several things we should make clear. This is not a new tax. The bill we have before us will not create any new tax. It creates a method for compliance or collection of an existing…

Reserving the right to object, if the vote is at 5:30, could we allocate time so that each of us could have some time before 5:30? If the Senator would be willing to do that at this point, I would not object.

Would the Senator from Minnesota yield for a moment? I believe the Senator from Oregon would like to make a very brief statement for the Record.

As I understand what Ms. Ayotte has said, there are four members who wish to speak. I don't want to be presumptuous, but if we each speak for 5 minutes, then that leaves 10 minutes for those who might arrive whom we are not aware of. So…

last week Congress recognized one of the planet's leading visionaries and humanitarians by awarding Prof. Muhammad Yunus the Congressional Gold Medal. The ceremony occurred just a few hundred yards from here in the august Capitol Rotunda…

The Constitution bestows upon the President of the United States the unique responsibility and title of Commander in Chief.

I think the definition of our enemy in that AUMF, as Al-Qaeda and associates, could certainly be challenged today in terms of terrorism threats to the United States.

I thank my colleague from Tennessee. If this is truly a bipartisan effort on both sides of the issue, Democrats and Republicans see it differently. The distinguishing feature of those who oppose this is that so far the leading opponents…

I would be inclined to urge Congress to repeal the 2001 AUMF.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 22, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I do not think our founding fathers in their wisdom could have envisioned quite what we are facing today in trying to keep this country safe.

When this occurs, it challenges America's moral authority and standing in the world.