Mr. President, I thank the Senator from West Virginia, and I thank our colleague Senator Capito. Last week I joined Senator Manchin, Senator Capito, and others to speak to hundreds of coal miners rallying on the lawn right outside the…

Mr. President, while my colleagues and I were back home in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona or Florida over the last number of weeks, this country lost one of the heroes in the fight to eradicate smallpox: Lakewood, OH, native and Oberlin College…

Madam President, I know everyone is squeezed for time, but I thank Senator Manchin for his leadership, the Presiding Officer, the other Senator from West Virginia, Mrs. Capito, and Senator Portman, my friend from Cincinnati. We all know…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Natalie Kirilichin and Elizabeth Wagner, fellows with the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee be granted floor privileges through the end of next month, July 2016. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, today, the Supreme Court, despite lacking an important ninth Justice--my Republican colleagues refuse to do their jobs. That is the first time that anybody can remember, maybe in history--certainly in recent history--where a…

Mr. President, I appreciate the always good insight from the senior Senator from Oregon, my colleague on the Finance Committee. I say thank you to Senator Wyden. ____________________

Mr. President, I withdraw my suggestion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan, and also an Eagle Scout.

Mr. President, nothing is more fundamental for a democracy than the right to vote. Last year, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation we passed in the 20th century. It…

Mr. President, I would be remiss if I didn't first say that I am pleased to see in the Presiding Officer's chair a fellow Eagle Scout from Wyoming who is as good to the Scouts as a middle-aged man--close enough--as the Scouts were to him…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues from the Veterans Affairs' Committee for their work on the Veterans First Act. I just left the committee, where Senator Isakson and Senator Blumenthal are in their typical bipartisan way working…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I know I will be joined in a few moments by my colleague from Ohio, Senator Portman. I rise to make some remarks on a resolution Senator Portman has submitted with me. Mr. President, journalists and sports fans like to…