I rise today to honor Tony Petkovsek, who will be inducted into the International Polka Association Hall of Fame on August 3, 2013. Mr. Petkovsek has devoted his life's work to cultivating Cleveland-Slovenian music and culture, most…

I call up amendment No. 1749 and send a modification of my amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prioritize certain projects under the bridges in critical…

thank you for allowing me to offer this amendment today, and I thank my colleagues from Maine and Washington State for agreeing to work with us on this important amendment. I also thank them for the way they are conducting this…

I would defer to the chairwoman. I would like a voice vote, if that is what the chairwoman would prefer. But it might be a good amendment to have a recorded vote on. What is the chairwoman's preference?

There is this thing called official time, and this is a practice where employees are being paid by us as taxpayers, government salaries funded entirely by taxpayers, to perform work that is totally unrelated to their governmental duties.

I rise today to talk about the underlying immigration bill, but, more importantly, to talk about an important amendment that I hope can be brought up. I have spoken on the Senate floor about this before and have provided great detail as to…

I thank my colleague. I have explained this on the floor in some detail as to what is in the legislation and why it is so important, including speeding up the time for E-Verify to apply, including a real trigger that is comprehensive…

I don't think it is going to affect anybody in this Chamber. I don't think the bill will work. I am not going to vote for it if it doesn't have strong enforcement, because I don't think they are going to come out of the shadows in the way…

I yield to my colleague from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. It is my understanding the Senator from Ohio, it is true, worked for weeks, literally consulting industry, consulting labor, the best high-tech people in America, and has come up with these…

I thank my colleague from Montana. There was some discussion, both by Senator Leahy--who actually was complimented earlier in his absence about the way he handled this bill in committee, by Senator Grassley, because of the amendments he…

because there were some comments made about the amendment that Senator Tester and I have offered, let me be very clear. This is about making the underlying bill work. I do not believe it will work if we do not have strong workplace…