Madam President, before the chairman leaves the Chamber, I wish to thank him for his leadership as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He has done an extraordinary job of bringing people together to really come up with a solution to this…

Mr. President, when we pursue tax reform, invariably those impacted will voice concerns along the way. I know this from experience, having done tax reform in North Carolina. Everyone was for tax reform until it came to protecting their…

Madam President, I congratulate Andrew Murray on his investiture as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Andrew graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor of…

Mr. President, the tax cuts we passed last week--whether they are in North Carolina or North Dakota, working families are going to benefit from them. Over the course of the next days and weeks that we negotiate with the House on a final…

Mr. President, I want to thank Chairman Grassley for his leadership on this issue and for his willingness to sit down and talk to a diverse group of people who think we have a problem that we should solve and that we must solve. Senator…

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the Presiding Officer for his comments just before mine, and thank him for presiding so that I can step down and speak briefly. I wasn't sure if I was going to speak. I don't have any notes. But I was…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Georgia and my colleague from Colorado for their comments--and the future comments of some of my colleagues who are in the class of 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk a little bit about facts…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Bradbury…

Mr. President, I appreciate the kind words of Senator Hoeven and his affinity toward veterans. I am here to talk about our veterans as well. I come at it from three different perceptions. I chair the Military Personnel Subcommittee in the…

Madam President, I fully associate myself with the comments just made by the Senator from the great State of Alaska. We have to get to work here.

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Robert Higdon, Jr., and congratulate him on his appointment as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Bobby earned both his law degree and undergraduate degree from Wake…

Mr. President, while Senator Enzi is on the floor, I want to thank him for his leadership in the Budget Committee and taking us through this very important vote today. I want to talk a little bit in terms that maybe people can understand…