Mr. President, I am so proud to be here on the floor of the Senate to support the nomination of Judge George Russell III. He is nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and he has the enthusiastic support of…

Mr. President, I am proud to rise today to support the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike of 2012. I cosponsored this bill because it extends the current interest rate of 3.4% for subsidized Stafford Loans for the next school year…

Mr. President, I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for her well-known advocacy on this issue. Her advocacy was well known in Minnesota. Her work as a prosecutor brought her in contact with many of these women and making sure they got a…

Mr. President, I want to salute Senator Durbin on his thoughtful amendment and thank him for his collegiality in negotiations. We think it helps us. But we have been misled, manipulated, and disregarded in our attempts to get information…

If I may respond to the Senator, first of all, I do thank the Senator for the substitute. I think it does make substantial improvements in the bill. It demonstrates that the Senator is listening to colleagues and also to people who are…

Madam President, I rise to speak on the postal reform bill and to offer constructive suggestions. I know Senator Collins was scheduled to speak. I am going to take this time. She is in a meeting, and it is agreeable to her we follow this…

Mr. President, I will take no more than 5 minutes. I support the Buffett Rule because I do believe in fundamental fairness that if people live in the United States of America, if they benefit from the United States of America, both its…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on the Buffett rule. How much time is allocated to me? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 18 minutes remaining on the Senator's side of the aisle.

Madam President, I intend to object to proceeding to the 21st Century Postal Service Act, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service, dated March 22, 2012. I ask unanimous consent that a letter of March 20…

Mr. President, first of all, let me say I am enormously touched and gratified by the warm words my colleagues have spoken on both sides of the aisle. I am particularly moved by the fact of the men of Maryland who are here today. I am moved…

Madam President, I strongly urge that the Violence Against Women Act come up on the floor so we can look at the issues and debate them in an open and public forum. If people have amendments to either add or subtract from the bill or…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to fight for a paper company in western Maryland called Luke Mill. I am fighting for the jobs it creates in western Maryland, and I am fighting to make sure its workers have a government on their…