I have come to the floor many times to talk about for-profit schools. It is another consumer issue. It is a very serious one. I come to the floor to describe to my colleagues and put on the record of the Senate some of the things that are…

Much of the growth in adolescent consumption is attributable to marketing, which frequently targets youth through youth-oriented media.

after the financial crisis of 2008 we learned that predatory lending hurts more than just families who lost money. Predatory lending can affect entire communities and often targets the most vulnerable in our society--low-income families…

we can allow American consumers today to keep more of their hard-earned money by establishing a reasonable fee and an annual interest rate cap, combating abuses by Internet payday lenders, and eliminating bank payday loans. Families and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Donnelly). Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Anne Smedinghoff

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 6:56 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 10 a.m…

I have often come to the floor to talk about the remote and sometimes dangerous places around the world where our USAID and State Department Foreign Service Officers serve. We all know about the difficult and dangerous places our brave…

there will be a rollcall vote at noon tomorrow on the nomination and confirmation of Patty Shwartz to be U.S. circuit judge for the Third Circuit. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 93, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution…

I ask unanimous consent the Rules Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 10 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

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

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for making that point. As to this notion that there is something fundamentally unfair that we would ask an Internet retailer that wants to sell in Illinois that they collect the same sales tax for that…

I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 75, nays 24, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 39, nays 60, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Leg.]…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 48, nays 51, as follows: [Rollcall…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 31, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 80, nays 19, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 53, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 45, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 18, nays 81, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows…