we are now in the 11th day of this unnecessary government shutdown. Just as my colleague from South Dakota, Senator Thune, pointed out, there are some impacts in South Dakota as a result of this shutdown. We are seeing those very real…

as my colleague from Kansas said, I also came to the floor today to talk about the unnecessary government shutdown that is continuing and is having widespread ramifications in New Hampshire and across the country. I would like to respond…

I come to the floor again today to talk about the effects of this government shutdown that are being experienced in New Hampshire. As I begin, let me start where a number of my colleagues have this morning, and that is by thanking the…

I think there is one piece of legislation that would deal with this.

I came to join my colleagues on the floor this afternoon to talk about and to call on our colleagues in the House--those Republicans who have been taking this irresponsible action--to stop what they are doing and help us resolve this…

I rise today to discuss a small, but critical program that represents a test for this body and for this country: The Iraq Special Immigrant Visa program. It is a test of whether we stand behind our commitments abroad. It is a test of…

I wish to thank my colleague from Alaska Ms. Murkowski and also the chair of the Appropriations Committee Senator Mikulski for their comments because I think, as Senator Mikulski said, the majority of the Members in this body believe it is…

I thank the Chair. There were a lot of differences on both sides of the aisle, but we understood the importance of compromising, because it would have been impossible to get something through the New Hampshire legislature and get a budget…

I am pleased to join my colleagues on the floor, the members of the Appropriations Committee and others who have been down to speak in support of passing this continuing resolution. I am a new member of the Appropriations Committee, and I…

I am pleased to join Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Murkowski on the floor of the Senate today. I want to sign up for the ``get it done caucus,'' because I think this is legislation we can get done. It has bipartisan support from I…

I thank the Senator. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Absolutely. And I think that is Senator Portman's interest. We would like to get some agreement on how to move forward. As I said last week, I don't have any objection to voting on Senator Vitter's legislation if we can get some agreement…