The reason that people like Senator Warner and I would be willing to embrace chained CPI is it is deemed by economists to be the most accurate measure of the inflation rate as it affects consumers.

We lose 4, 5, 6 months on a program like for us the Ohio replacement program where we do not have time.

I suggest the absence of a quorum The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…

When Russia invaded Georgia, about all we could do was talk about it and denounce it.

Today, policymakers have a choice in front of them, a sharp choice. Do they want to protect an open Internet, or do they want broader government engineering of the Internet ecosphere?

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Vote on Amendment No. 17

The draft bill, although imperfect, attains the ostensible policy goals net neutrality proponents have advocated for years by essentially restating existing law, but allowing the FCC to enforce it.

I think that we don't want to re-create the Cold War, and I don't think it is necessary.

If we wouldn't defend our NATO allies in the Baltics, I don't know what our word would be worth.

I ask unanimous consent that Jane Sarnecky, a Coast Guard fellow in my office, and Rongalett Green, a Marine Corps fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges during the first session of this 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

these will be my first remarks of the 114th Congress. I am encouraged by the commitment of many of my colleagues, including the majority leader, to restoring the Senate as one of America's great institutions. It is time for us to get to…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Urgent Priorities

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senate will be in order.

I demand the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

I wish to recognize Mr. William ``Bill'' Lovelady, Jr., for his 34 years of service in the U.S. Army. Bill has worked on behalf of our Nation as a civil servant, rising to chief counsel for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development…

Will Saudi pilots in Saudi jets be involved in airstrikes?

I have no idea, based on your testimony, what our coalition partners are expected to do.

I thank the distinguished President pro tempore. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi. ____________________

I want us to win. I want us to defeat ISIS.

General Dempsey, last week it was reported that Marine Corps Harriers operating off the USS Bataan carried out a strike against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

The surge in Iraq, ordered by President George W. Bush, worked.

I am willing to help the President, and to help you gentlemen, take this hill again if I believe there is a plan that will work and be successful.

I want to make sure that we don't make the same mistake again by throwing those gains away.