If something works, we should do more of it, and, if it does not work, we should do less of it.

I rise today to pay special tribute to Rev. Michael C. Murphy, a dear friend of mine, a man of great faith who for decades inspired the people in Lansing, MI, and who passed away recently in Washington, DC, a city where he had only just…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Reverend Michael C. Murphy

I start by saying that as Senator Harkin was so eloquently speaking today, it reminded me of a story of those going by the casket of President Roosevelt. A reporter stopped someone and said: Did you know President Roosevelt? And he said…

And he gave new strength to the farm safety net for all of our growers. He has been at the forefront of an energy future that he talked about today, driven by renewable energy and moving forward to get us to cleaner sources of energy. That…

Senator Carl Levin has been my Senator for 36 years, and it has been one of the great honors of my life to serve for the last 14 years as his partner, as well as his friend, representing Michigan. The year he was elected, ``Grease'' was…

I just want to add my words to what my other colleagues have said about someone I am going to miss dearly. Senator Mark Begich and I worked together on many things. When I passed the reins from the steering and outreach committee and…

there was an opportunity this session to work together in a bipartisan way to provide certainty around the Tax Code for families and farmers and businesses, at least for 2014 and 2015. There may still be a small window of opportunity to…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Tax Code

today we honor the dedicated public service of my dear friend and colleague, Senator Mark Pryor from Arkansas. For Mark Pryor, public service is a calling--one that goes to the roots of who he is. Mark Pryor is the fifth generation in his…

Women in Michigan earn 75 cents for every dollar a man earns.

Thank God for Social Security.

I am wondering if anyone would also want to comment about the fact that, if we want to deal with the retirement crisis and what is happening to women, raising the minimum wage and enforcing equal pay laws would go a long way to help with…

I have always felt that Social Security was the great American success story.

today we honor the distinguished career of my dear friend and colleague, Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia. As a young man, with all his talents--and coming from a prominent family--there were many things Jay Rockefeller could have…

I'm going to be working very closely and urging FERC to make the right decision as it relates to distribution of costs regarding a very critical project in the UP.

I will not be able to stay for the hearing, but I did want to indicate for the record 2 things.

Thank you very much, Madam President. There is a lot of talk here in Washington and across our country right now about how to fix a very broken immigration system. The message the American people sent us earlier this month was very clear…

I was unable to attend last night's cloture votes on the nominations of Randolph Moss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Leigh Martin May to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. I was with…

I yield to the distinguished Senator from New York, who not only is a leader on this issue and so many other issues but is the author of a major tax credit in our Tax Code that allows middle-class families to be able to get help for…

The reality is that we have had a permanent tax policy since 1916 in some way incentivizing and supporting oil.

I thank the Senator. Let me stress what I think Senator Cardin said so eloquently. We have the opportunity to vote today on a fair shot for everybody to go to college, so we will ask our colleagues to join us. The rules of the Senate are…

I worry that if we are not in the race and providing some solid long-term policy, we are going to lose jobs here.

I just wanted to go on record to say there are thousands of excuses always on everything for reasons not to do things. We are talking about a very specific bill, a very specific vote that would put money in the pockets of 25 million…

Out of respect to my colleague, I realize we are going into the next hour that is controlled by the Republicans. But I did want to take 1 minute to wrap up, if that is acceptable to my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…