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

I rise today to share my concerns regarding the administration's recently finalized Clean Water Act rule issued by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to define waters of the United States. The Clean Water Act clearly states it is the…

The more we offer, the more the States received.

States cutting aid is the principal reason tuition has increased.

The only way we maintain a State role is if we mandate a State role.

I understand there is a bill at the desk and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2353) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 47, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

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

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 11:57 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 21, 2015, at 9 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9 a.m., Thursday, May 21; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date…

Early on means either in the first year, in which case perhaps the child is not well-prepared in basic math.

This legislation would create 230,000 working class jobs for Americans who currently are underemployed or unemployed, $70 billion in new revenue, $10 billion or so for the Land and Water Conservation Fund while providing access to…

This bill provides new access to frontier acreage in the Gulf of Mexico within areas 50 miles from the Florida coastline by redefining the Eastern Gulf moratoria in 2017.

We cannot make wise decisions regarding public policy unless you have those numbers, because ultimately they have to make money.

It seems like the only business model that is going to actually work in a rural setting is volume, because you don't have the critical mass of capitated patients.

I have become kind of like--people channel their physician-type concerns to me.

I would love to have some daggone deadlines where we are going to have interoperability.

I find that commonly.

If there is a culture which is not sharing data, that somehow we isolate the reasons for that culture and begin to change it.

There was a gross deficiency.

Clearly, electronic medical records are critical to precision medicine, both the research thereof and the implementation.

Senators should expect a vote in relation to the veto message to accompany S.J. Res. 8 at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. ____________________

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:07 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 4, 2015, at 3 p.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 33, S. 665. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 665) to encourage, enhance…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 84 through 94, and 96 through 106, and all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine…