DAV strongly supports the scientific merit review practices endemic to VA research management of awards.

I ask for the yeas and nays on the Brown amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Brown. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call…

I am pleased to offer today, with my colleagues from Pennsylvania, Senator Toomey and Senator Casey, this amendment. As many of you know, the spread of Asian carp poses a threat to the Great Lakes' ecosystem. Because of the work of my…

I thank the Senator from California, the chair of the committee who has done an extraordinary job with Senator Vitter on this bill. I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 813. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

this past week we observed in this country Workers Memorial Day--when we pause and remember those Americans who lost their lives on the job. For generations hard-working people have left their homes every morning or for second or third…

Senators should gather in the Senate Chamber at 10 a.m. tomorrow to proceed as a body to the House for the joint meeting of Congress. There will be three rollcall votes at 2 o'clock in relation to amendments to WRDA. ____________________

I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive a second reading on the…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 1071, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 127) was agreed…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 130, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 127. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

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 6:50 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join a like committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea…

I understand there is a bill at the desk. I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 888) to provide end user exemptions…

We launched that last month. This is a new program, a pilot program that brings together the SBA, Eximbank, and Commerce...

If done right, our Nation's trade policies can create jobs.

The work that Mr. Hochberg has done at the Export-Import Bank has been central to achieving this goal.

this week Senator Durbin and I are introducing the Working Families Tax Relief Act with a majority of my Democratic colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee. For a number of years, one area of bipartisan agreement in Washington has been…

I thank Senator Enzi, the senior Senator from Wyoming, for his good work on this legislation and for his always courteous demeanor. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 8 minutes. The ACTING…

Is there any effort or thought or are there plans for VA to sort of have a registry of them to work with them?

I mentioned in my opening statement about 870,000 veterans in Ohio, not many more than half can Ohio State government actually identify by name and location and all of that.