Mr. President, in an hour or so, the Senate will be voting on our currency bill, S. 1619, the bipartisan bill I am a prime sponsor on, along with Senators Schumer, Graham, and Sessions, and a host of other Senators in both parties…

Mr. President, we are in morning business, right? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. ____________________

Mr. President, as September ended, so did Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. While it is important to set aside a month for special attention to this epidemic, we must not forget that childhood obesity is a year-round battle. The facts…

The fight for women's rights and fair pay and protections for the disabled, none of those fights were easy, yet in the last few years, we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the 75th anniversary of Social Security, the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. I yield the floor.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor Rev. Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, an American civil rights hero who lived much of his adult life in Cincinnati who passed away this week at the age of 89. I come to the floor in support of a resolution with…

I would like to share a couple of words from the Cincinnati Inquirer. This is the beautifully written Cincinnati Inquirer editorial about Reverend Shuttlesworth: He once told the Tampa Tribune it helped to have a ``little divine…

Madam President, I appreciate very much Senator Sessions' comments, and even more I appreciate his work on this legislation. He was one of a couple of real key players in this legislation passing because he did such a good job of…

I appreciate the Senator's consistent push for fair trade policies. We have worked on Alabama's and Ohio's issues, from sleeping bags to steel. I appreciate that. The Senator said how important manufacturing is and that we cannot just turn…

Mr. President, I rise, first, to thank my colleagues, including the Presiding Officer, for supporting cloture today. It is the second major step in this body, passing the largest bipartisan jobs bill we have seen in this body in years. The…

Mr. President, I very much thank Senator Harkin, the chairman of the HELP Committee, for his advocacy always for the middle class, advocacy always for those who aspire to the middle class, and especially the jobs bill. I particularly…

We are joined in the Chamber by two of the sponsors of this bill: the Presiding Officer, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator Casey from Pennsylvania. The Senator said something earlier about the supercommittee and deficit reduction, and what…