Let me follow up on what the majority leader spoke to on the issue of immigration because this is the right time to bring it up. I had several meetings yesterday that were as touching emotionally as anything I have witnessed as a Senator…

We will not rest until this Third-Country Fabric Provision is renewed.

It is imperative to better align our investments with the reality of modern-day Africa.

Further diversification of our trade and investment relationships is important.

Increased trade between the United States and Africa is mutually beneficial.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…

we will continue to debate the flood insurance bill tomorrow. I hope we can come to an agreement to complete action on that bill. We will also consider the transportation bill and the student loan extension before the recess later this…

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 6:28 p.m., adjourned, until Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at 9:30 a.m…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) are necessarily absent.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The…

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

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 434, S. Res. 473. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 506, S. Res. 507, S. Res. 508, S. Res. 509, and S. Res. 510. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.

Let me say, the Senator from Arizona is my friend, and there are many things we have worked on together, and I respect him very much. He knows, as I do, when the DREAM Act was called, we thought the introductory may be the easiest part of…

I would say to the Senator from Arizona, as part of this colloquy, we thought that would be the first step. We couldn't get past the first step because of the Republican filibuster. Mr. McCAIN. I wish that when then-Senator Obama was…

I say to the Senator from Arizona, perhaps the day will come in our lifetime when we can see that, and you and I can work on it together again as we once did before. I would look forward to that. Mr. McCAIN. I look forward to it, and I…

today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on S.B. 1070--the controversial Arizona immigration law. The Court--including conservative Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts--agreed with the Obama administration that a State…

I announce that the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

in 1970, smoke stacks towered above cities and towns spewing black clouds of toxic pollution into the air. Sights like these outraged Americans--however, at that time there was no legal way to force these companies to stop polluting the…

this is a good farm bill. It eliminates direct payments and a lot of subsidies. But there is one aspect of Federal subsidy in this bill that goes untouched; it is the Federal subsidy from our Treasury to pay for the crop insurance…

how much time does he have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. No time is remaining. Is there objection?

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

more than two centuries ago, in the Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers wrote that ``all men are created equal.'' America has sometimes fallen short of that ideal, but the history of our country has been a slow march toward…

We have got to do something about this, and we did.