If foreign journalists cannot report the news in China, who will investigate the financial dealings of China's top leaders and their families?

Today I am calling on China to immediately cease its policy of harassing foreign journalists, denying and delaying their visas, and blocking the websites of foreign media in China.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Minimum Wage

75 years ago President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act written, in part, by Senator Hugo Black of Alabama. He actually sat at this desk as he was writing the minimum wage law and some of the Fair Labor Standards Act…

That is right. First, the points that the assistant majority leader was making about the bipartisanship has been exactly right. What is most--not discouraging but perhaps the most disappointing part of this is even as recently as 2007…

I thank my colleague. Pope Francis I, as he integrated these kinds of things into his life, he exhorted his parish priests--similar to Lincoln saying ``I need my public opinion bath''--to smell like the flock and to get among people and…

it is with pride and humility that I stand and thank my colleagues for passing S. 381 by unanimous consent last night. Once passed by the House and signed by the President, this bill will award Congressional Gold Medals to the surviving…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Network For Manufacturing Innovation

earlier this afternoon, I appeared with Senator Blunt, my Republican friend from Missouri, in front of Senator Rockefeller's Commerce Committee to talk about our bipartisan legislation with manufacturing hubs. It would promote new…

It is critically important that we make the NNMI a reality.

The approach in the Brown-Blunt bill is an important step in advancing this conversation.

I thank Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Member Thune for holding this hearing and for inviting me to testify.

The NNMI is a truly game-changing approach to 21st century American manufacturing.

The point of the story is the innovation so often takes place on the shop floor, and when we innovate and then make it elsewhere, we lose the edge we have.

How can we have a strong economy if we do not produce, if we do not make things?

Washington has made choices, I believe, that have left manufacturing behind, whether it is a bias towards finance at the expense of manufacturing.

We need to do more to retain and attract new manufacturing jobs, which is what Senator Blunt's and my legislation is all about.

I'm pleased to see that you and your colleagues are considering actions to help implement one key recommendation of the AMP report.

I applaud Senators Brown and Blunt for introducing the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act.

The Brown-Blunt legislation would allow us to move forward in a smart and comprehensive way.

The 'Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013,' sponsored by Senators Blunt and Brown, would authorize Commerce to award funds.

People should pay their debts. I will be the first one to acknowledge that, and that is important.

I rise today to discuss the need to protect all Americans from workplace discrimination. The vote that the Presiding Officer from North Dakota just announced was a tremendous victory for civil rights in our country; it was a tremendous…

I ask unanimous consent that all time, including the time during quorum calls, be equally divided between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

this past Monday I visited a senior center in Youngstown, OH, and met with seniors and others, talking about what they hear as threats to Social Security. They hear some of the wise people in this town, if you will--some of the people on…