I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``VAWA…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 30, 2014, at 2:15 p.m., in room SD-226 of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I think we have just heard something really interesting and I think--excuse me. The way the Senator from New Mexico concluded--was the Senator from California scheduled to speak next?

I thank the Senator very much. I love our U.S. Naval Academy. But when you have great leaders, we want to in some way be able to memorialize them in a way that they inspired this ongoing, this next generation, and the generations to come…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 10:15 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a…

Working with Senators Tim Johnson and Mark Kirk, I convened an all-hands-on-deck hearing with these agencies.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

They are the only two committees that the founders of the United States of America felt important enough to put into the Constitution.

William Donald Schaefer was known for many things, one of which was his passion for making sure that government worked.

I rise to speak on the urgent supplemental bill, and I rise as the chair of the full Committee on Appropriations that is actually trying to move the urgent supplemental. ``Supplemental'' is an important word. It means it is in addition to…

That is not the case with Social Security.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on finance

I would like to continue the discussion on the urgent supplemental. But before I do, I want to say that the senior Senator from Arizona is on the floor, and I want to say something heartwarming to my colleague. I say to the Senator from…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``When…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on commerce, science…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 30, 2014, at 2 p.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The African…

These are excellent Senators whose voices are heard and heard and heard, as is mine. In addition to the Sanders-McCain bill that comes as a result of the conference, really what that bill does is focus primarily on the health care issues…

we have just listened to a very lively debate on the highway trust fund, which is certainly a great issue confronting our Nation because our infrastructure is crumbling. But we also know another great infrastructure has really been…

I am really eager to bring at least one appropriations bill to the floor. There are only 72 hours left before we break for August. I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, after consultation with the…

The answer is no, I will not modify my request. But my response should not be interpreted as a pugnacious rejection. I appreciate the civil and courteous way the Senator from Alabama has responded. But in a nutshell, what the Senator from…

If I could respond to the Senator from Illinois, yes, I am staying in Maryland because I had hoped we would even be working on conference reports and so on. But while the Senator is in Illinois and I am in Maryland, most of all, we do not…

With the concurrence of the minority party, I wish to proceed. I know they haven't yielded back their time. If that is agreeable, and hearing no objection, I will proceed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise today as the chair of the Appropriations Committee to talk about several challenges facing our country. First, I wish to respond to the comments made by many of the Senators this morning on the compelling need to pass supplemental…

I rise in support of the Carper, Corker and Boxer amendment to the highway trust fund extension Bill before us today. This amendment will provide certainty and a guaranteed funding stream that our State departments of transportation and…