I want to salute the Inspector General to have identified $256 million in potential savings, going after over-payments, going after recording errors.

When we are borrowing as a nation 40 cents of every dollar we spend, no taxpayer can be wasted and no program can be abused.

This is unprecedented. On Saturday morning, we were given reports that looked as though we had dodged the bullet.

In Minot, North Dakota, more than 11,000 people have been evacuated since yesterday, and we face the worst flood in recorded history in my state.

USDA has gotten the message, reducing travel, canceling bad loans, renegotiating the basic agreement on crop insurance.

The water is going to come and stay.

I think it is a critically important one in the circumstances we confront.

Madam President, I am going to put in a quorum call at this moment, but then I am going to ask to be given time to speak on a dire emergency facing my State. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 12:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to use such time as I might consume. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, the city of Minot, ND, in my home state, is facing a dire emergency. Minot and other communities on the Souris River in my home State are facing a flood of epic proportion. We have a wall of water heading toward the city…