I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on January 20, 2016, at 11:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on January 20, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on January 20, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I would simply close by saying for an aye vote. It has great consensus support in the Gulf.

I wish to clarify today a provision included in the FAST Act conference report. In order to build and restore the Nation's highway infrastructure without breaking the bank to do so, we are going to need the best and latest in cost-saving…

I rise to strongly urge the adoption of my bill, S. 2284, to stop the Syrian refugee resettlement program, unless and until we have complete and adequate safeguards in place for the security of our homeland and all of our States. It is…

I first want to thank very much the Senator from Delaware for his courtesy in this regard. (The remarks of Mr. Vitter pertaining to the introduction of S. 2284 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Louisiana is recognized.

Senator Vitter's office sent a letter to the VA OIG Director Richard Griffin demanding that the list be investigated.

I ask unanimous consent that the Vitter amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

in the small business committee, we have been working on significant legislation that goes to disaster recovery, the Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act. We are ready to move that legislation and pass it…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I rise in strong support of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. Over 2 years ago, I sat down with now the late Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey in an attempt to find compromise and to work together on…

to clarify the request, I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor of the Senate bill, which represents--excuse me, Mr. President. I withdraw the unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The request is withdrawn.

assuming it is not too late, I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor of that legislation as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 697

let me highlight the two biggest ones. The first one is that our legislation would somehow punish and make it more difficult for illegal persons to report crimes and cooperate with local law enforcement. That is a pure myth. What is the…

I rise again in strong support of the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, which we will be voting on later today. I was here on the floor yesterday laying out the strong case in support of that, talking to many colleagues…

we have never gotten the data sets de-identified so that can be independently reviewed

in closing, I refuse to simply stand by and reward jurisdictions around the country with Federal funding, with taxpayer funds, when they are in clear violation of the law and are actively making our communities more dangerous rather than…

I rise today in support of an important piece of legislation that I have introduced that would bring an end to the dangerous existence of sanctuary cities--the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act. The Illegal Immigration…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 19, 2015, at 3 p.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``S. 2123…

absolutely we are ready to go, and I want to join my friend and colleague Senator Udall. I want to join the chairman of the committee, Senator Jim Inhofe, and urge all of us to come together, as we have been doing over these many months…

I think the proposed legislation identifies several ways in which we can hopefully begin to rectify the problem.

I think there has to be a better path to ensuring that SIPC, true to its mandate, is truly independent.