Harry Reid

I was coming here today to propound a unanimous consent request on this most important piece of legislation dealing with flood insurance, but after having had some discussions with various people, at this time it would not be of any…

We are now considering the motion to proceed to the flood insurance bill postcloture. We will begin consideration of that bill today. At 5:30, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to concur in the House message with respect to S…

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 5:40 p.m., adjourned until Monday, June 25, 2012, at 2 p.m…

At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, there will be a rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House message to accompany S. 3187, the FDA bill. It has been a long hard week. We have accomplished quite a bit. We have…

If I could have the attention of the Senate, we did very well yesterday. We have a lot to do. We have to work on this. We have flood insurance. Both are important issues. This is going to be a 10-minute vote. The order that has been…

I believe that we have begun to right the ship with the passage of the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 that Senator Carper and I, along with Chairman Lieberman and Senator Scott Brown, authored.

Last night, the House overwhelmingly voted to instruct the conferees to report back with a completed bill by tomorrow.

Good legislation, however, while absolutely necessary, is not sufficient to solve the Postal Service's problems. Good management is also essential.

We need for the House to act. We need the House to pass a bill.

I think we have at least a 50-50 chance of passing that bill.

It is hard, as you know, to get much of anything done around here, and to be able to get a bipartisan bill introduced...

An effective Postal Board of Governors is essential to provide direction to the management of the second largest non-governmental employer in the country.

That will be a full hour to Senator Kerry and a full hour to the Republicans. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, there will be 2 hours equally divided and controlled, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Order Of Procedure The hour that is…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940, a bill to amend the National…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940, a bill to amend the…

I note the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1940, a bill to amend…

Before my friend leaves the floor, I also look back at the days, as is recounted in Caro's book and as we have heard here, to the days when the majority leader truly did some things. During the days of Lyndon Johnson, we couldn't even have…

Shortly, we are going to move to confirm the judge whose nomination we voted to move forward to last night. If everyone will be at ease for just a moment. Let me ask Senator Coburn how long he wishes to speak.

I now object to proceeding further on this matter at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar.

H.R. 436 is at the desk and due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 436) to amend the…

The Senate is considering the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz of Arizona to be a United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit postcloture. There is every expectation that time will be yielded back and the confirmation will take place…

The Senate is considering the motion to proceed to the farm bill postcloture. At 4:30, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz of Arizona to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth…

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 5:23 p.m., adjourned until Monday, June 11, 2012, at 2 p.m…