I would be happy to yield to my friend, the distinguished President pro tempore.

the order now before the Senate is Senators be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. I ask unanimous consent that Senator McCain be recognized for 15 minutes. Everyone else will continue on the other order of 10 minutes. The…

I ask unanimous consent that those on the Democratic side be in this order: Schumer, Murray, Baucus, Mikulski, Warner, Cardin, Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Stabenow. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from…

following leader remarks the Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 12:30 today. During that period of time Senators will be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will then recess from 12:30…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:55 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at 10:30 a.m…

I understand there are two measures at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the measures by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1569) to…

the distinguished Senator from Texas has stated again what has already been talked about here a lot, and that is a piecemeal approach to funding our government. As do most Americans, we Democrats support the purpose of this bill to fund…

I am happy to sit down and talk to the Senator--his office or my office. The point we have right here today is that we need the government open. With all due respect to my friend, the junior Senator from Texas--I want to say this in a most…

we are now entering the second week of a Republican government shutdown. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is still sitting on the one bill that can reopen the government. Speaker Boehner insists the Senate-passed bill to end the…

through the Chair to my friend, the senior Senator from Vermont: We have a law in place. The Presiding Officer voted for it when he was a Member of the House of Representatives. We voted for it. There is a law that set spending levels for…

using leader time, we have a number of people who are wishing to speak. They should be able to do that. But I say as nicely as I can, the problem we have here is what people are saying, like my friend from Texas, little bits and pieces of…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1569 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I move that the Sergeant at Arms be directed to request the presence of all absent Senators, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on…

yesterday the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, on national TV claimed there are not enough votes to pass the bill and bring an end to the dangerous government shutdown. I believe he is mistaken. Two hundred Democratic…

Following leader remarks the Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 5 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 5 p.m. the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider…

I now ask for a second reading but object to my own request to all three of these measures. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard en bloc, the bills will receive their second reading on the next legislative day…

I would be happy to yield to the senior Senator from the great State of Florida.

In order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV--I would like to do that--I object to any further proceedings to both of these measures en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection having been heard, the bills…

I understand there are three more measures at the desk due for their first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the measures by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 3223) to provide for the…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 7, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4 p.m. for debate only, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. (Ms. HIRONO assumed the chair.) ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader with the concurrence of Senator McConnell, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 206 and 207; that there…

I am grateful to the senior Senator from Rhode Island for his statement. I listened to every word of it from my office. He is such a great asset to the State of Rhode Island and our country with his military background and his experience…

to my friend, I have given a couple of statements the last 2 days about the Capitol Police, but I never brought up the fact that I was a police officer. I was a police officer here in this building. My badge number is 364. I was an…

it is so true. These men and women, for example, who are assistant U.S. attorneys, they do not punch a time clock. They do not bill hours, how much they can make an hour. They take care of the needs of this country. If there are bad guys…