Sam Brownback: “I see the next speaker is here, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine is recognized.”

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has apologized for what he called his staff's overreaction to a tweet.

I wanted to engage my colleague from North Dakota because there is a strong base of bipartisan support to do this, and I also believe there is a strong majority community across America that supports this. Don't get it out there so wild…

We cannot expect small, mid-size or even larger businesses to take on large numbers of additional employees when the government is raising the cost for employing them gainfully.

I have served here a period of 14 years, which has been a wonderful chance to be able to serve the people of Kansas--the people of the United States. I love this body and I love this country. A lot of folks, when they leave, talk about…