I just want to say very briefly how delighted we are to have Chairman Hall here, how delighted we are that his health is recovering after a very serious health scare.

Mr. President, I rise along with my colleague, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, Senator Sessions, to pay tribute to Jennifer L. Smith, who is retiring this week after more than 32 years of distinguished service to the Congress…

Mr. President, I wish to add my voice to those of my colleagues paying tribute to the senior Senator from Maryland, who recently became the longest-serving female Member of Congress in American history. Senator Barbara Mikulski and I were…

Mr. President, I wish to inform my colleagues that this morning I filed the budget deeming resolution for 2013 pursuant to the Budget Control Act passed last year. This resolution sets forth the spending limits for fiscal year 2013 at the…

Mr. President, the Budget Control Act of 2011, which was signed into law by the President last August, set in place budget enforcement measures in the Senate for budget years 2012 and 2013, as well as established caps for 10 years to…

Mr. President, I am introducing the Kidney Disease Equitable Access, Prevention, and Research Act. This legislation recognizes the importance of patient choice, access to care, and educational efforts to assist the more than 400,000…

As far as I am concerned, these people that work behind the cloak of anonymity attacking people are cowards.

I'd say to the press they ought to quit printing anonymous attacks on people; it does not reflect well on them, either.

I think that, too, is an act of patriotism. It's very much appreciated.

I think we have made a lot of progress, particularly in a couple of key areas.

I think that's very important for the people that we represent here, that they understand, yes, we've made progress, in some ways very dramatic progress, especially against al-Qa'ida, but that significant threats remain and that we've got…