This budget neutral legislation has a bipartisan companion in the House due to its emphasis on lowering healthcare costs by promoting efficiencies within the Federal Government.

I rise today to speak about an issue which should be under the category of ``unfinished business,'' and is a priority for the American people, and that is unemployment insurance. In this case it is emergency unemployment compensation and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled, ``Judicial…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 1, 2014, at 2:15 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Thank you very much. I rise tonight to speak about emergency unemployment compensation. We know by the acronyms around here people refer to unemployment insurance as UI. What we are talking about in the real world are literally millions of…

I would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unemployment Extension

I would like to commend and salute the work done by Senator Toomey and his staff, working with ours, as well as the leaders he mentioned, beginning with Majority Leader Reid and Chairman Leahy. Like Senator Toomey, I am grateful to have…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee- reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening…

The one number that I keep coming back to is people who abuse prescription drugs are 19 times more likely to abuse heroin--just stunning.

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 323, S. Res. 365. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res…

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. Without objection…

I understand there is a bill at the desk and 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. 2122) to amend XVIII and XIX of…

Our State of Pennsylvania unfortunately has a third place finish that we did not want to have in terms of heroin abuse.

I ask unanimous consent the period for morning business be extended until 8 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I think it's important for consumers to have nutrition information for what they're eating.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Casey are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'')

we know it is well past time--and that is an understatement--to take up the reauthorization of this important legislation, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, which has not been reauthorized since 1996. It is hard to…

I rise tonight to talk about Syria and the humanitarian crisis this conflict has created. This week we mark a very grim anniversary: the third anniversary of the beginning of the conflict in Syria. So we are entering our fourth year. There…

I guess a related question to what the chairman asked is the concern that I think a number of us have--and I'm sure you share this concern--about the implications of allowing this new product on the market without these abuse deterrent…

I 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 be read for a second time on the next…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 299, S. 611. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 611) to make a technical amendment to…

I am a supporter of the increase in the minimum wage, and part of the reason for that is some of the data that we have seen in Pennsylvania just in terms of the impact on lifting workers out of poverty

It is estimated that a minimum wage increase to $10.10 would add $1 billion in GDP and 3,800 new jobs to Pennsylvania's economy.

Raising the minimum wage is a step toward reducing income and wealth inequality, which we know and Pope Francis reminds us is the root of all social ills.

By forcing hard working people into the safety net, politicians opposing minimum wage are saying that work should not pay.