Mr. President, I rise to discuss the Increasing American Jobs through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013. I am introducing this bill along with my partners from the last Congress. Senator Chris Coons from the State of Delaware is in the…

Mr. President, Arlington Heights, IL, is known as the City of Good Neighbors--and if you ask people there who best embodies that spirit, there's a pretty good chance they'll answer: Mayor Arlene Mulder. After 20 years as mayor and more…

I would like to ask if the Senator would yield for a further question through the Chair. One of the issues the Senator just raised is one I would like to have him expound on; that is, the issue of mental illness and mental health. I think…

Mr. President, I wish to commend the Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Murphy, as well as Senator Blumenthal. In the last 2 days they have come to the floor many times leading the floor debate and discussion on the pending legislation we will…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 31, as follows…

Mr. President, the last point I would like to make is that included in the bill that came before us is not only an opportunity to change some of the circumstances that might have saved lives in Newtown but also to address some underlying…

Mr. President, before I make a statement relative to an unrelated issue, I just want to say a very quick word about the historic vote that took place a few minutes ago on the floor of the Senate. I believe we had 16 Republicans who joined…

Mr. President, in an interview with Roll Call newspaper a while back, Robert Remini--one of the great historians of our time-- talked about what he hoped for after he died. Professor Remini said his idea of Heaven would be listening with…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague, Senator Murphy, who gave his first speech on the floor of the Senate this morning on the same topic. He is eminently qualified to speak to this issue because of his unhappy circumstance of being…

This letter, dated November 3, 2011, describes a number of longstanding prohibitions in Federal law. Let me quote the letter's description of two: Firearms database prohibition. A prohibition on the use of funds to create, maintain or…

Mr. President, 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…