I am disappointed DOD's budget request assumes that sequestration will not take place when it is indeed the law of the land.

I rise tonight to pay tribute to Jamie Ellis, a beloved member of my staff who passed away on Tuesday, November 27, at the age of 65. Jamie Ellis served his State and country proudly as a constituent liaison in my office in Tupelo. He…

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for making this point. I have an amendment to this bill that I would like to have had heard. It strikes a middle ground between the unlimited per account liability and the $250,000 we have traditionally…

I wonder if the Senator from Tennessee would yield to me on this very point.

in a few moments the distinguished chair of the Finance Committee and the Senator from Utah will commence debate on H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. Because…

on behalf of the Senator from Maryland, Mr. Cardin, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Kyle Parker, a staff member on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe--also known as the Helsinki Commission…

For many Mississippians, helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy is an especially meaningful mission.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 6 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I want to particularly assure those in this room that you have my condolences and my empathy at the damage and loss of life that Hurricane Sandy brought to your region.

I witnessed firsthand the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and I can understand it can take years to recover fully.

Transportation infrastructure is a crucial element of our nation's economy, meeting the transportation needs for both people and freight.

I wonder if I might be able to proceed for 1 minute before we begin the votes. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that 1 minute be added and that the Senator from Mississippi be recognized for that 1 minute. The PRESIDING…

I thank my colleagues for allowing me to breeze in here at the last moment. I would like to speak today about a Department of Defense policy that has an impact on American jobs and is in urgent need of greater transparency. Until recently…

The shooting, which involved two Russian-made Su-25 jets, was the first known instance of Iranian warplanes firing on an American surveillance drone.

I tell you what else it would do. It would tell the truth to the American people about what we are facing. I like what our young nominee for Vice President said. We have got time to fix this, but we need to fix it, and we don't have much…

It won't look exactly like it does for my father, who is 88 years old today and depends on Medicare, but Medicare could be there. But not the way it is going now. We have to tackle these issues.

It is what every city council, every State legislature cannot avoid. They do not have a printing press down in Montgomery, AL, or Jackson, MS. I know the Senator has seen the local delegations of county officials coming in and talking…

But we can meet these challenges. I have grown children--32, 28, and 25. They may be about to age into the next year, and they wonder if they will even receive Medicare when it comes time to retire. That retirement for them will come…

let me say from the outset that this Senate and this Nation are profoundly fortunate to have had the services of Senator Orrin Hatch for decades and decades. The speech he just delivered to this body was profound in so many ways and true…

I ask unanimous consent that my friend from Alabama and I be allowed to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Pryor.) Without objection, it is so ordered. The Budget

I rise today to recognize the gifted athletes from my home State of Mississippi who represented the United States in the 2012 London Olympic games and Paralympic games. They join an extraordinary legacy built by generations of great…

Well, I appreciate the Senator's sharing his time with me. Mr. President, I guess in a moment, Senator Sessions will yield the floor and we will go dark, subject to the call of the Chair for a vote at midnight, and then we will sort of…

Day after day, hour after hour in quorum calls. It is very frustrating, and frustrating to the people who sent us here to do a job.

Well, it would be. I think that with the leadership of people such as Senator Hatch, we would not be ignoring what we have out there facing us in America today, and that is nothing less than a financial crisis. The Senator from Utah is…

No question about it. It does not make me comfortable to point fingers, but there is no getting around the fact that there is one person on this planet who can call up a bill before this Senate; that is, the majority leader of the Senate…