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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print the following rules adopted by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs into the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the…

Mr. President, this is becoming a regular appearance on the Senate floor to talk about Social Security. It is something that most Americans think that Congress supports almost unanimously. It is a program that has been with us. President…

Mr. President, thank you for your leadership and your desire to continue to lead in our country. Everything I do here, everything that most of us do here, I think, should come back to the dignity of work--the idea that hard work should pay…

Madam President, I rise to urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the nomination of Martin Gruenberg to be a member and chairperson of the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--what most of America knows as…

Madam President, it is always an honor to speak on the Senate floor, and it is especially an honor when the Presiding Officer is one of my favorite Members of the Senate and especially an honor when I am going to be followed by the other…

Madam President, I wanted to just say a few words--not a formal speech--about my junior partner, the junior Senator from Ohio. He is only the junior Senator not in intellect or actions but only in seniority, which is the way it works here…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. O'Dell Owens, a champion of public health and public education in Cincinnati whom we lost last month. He was a longtime friend, longtime activist, longtime Ohioan, a public…

I ask unanimous consent that I complete my remarks--I think they will be concluded by 11:30--but that I be allowed to go a minute or two over before the rollcall. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring journalists. A free, independent media is vital to our democracy. It is enshrined in our Constitution. We depend on reporters around the world to both tell the stories that…

Mr. President, I have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…