I am disturbed that the rollout of the health insurance marketplaces on Healthcare.gov has been so rocky.

My office is working with Kelly now to see if we can't be helpful. But the point is she should never have had to go through that anxiety and worry, and risk not being able to move into that house that she had a chance to move into. That is…

I rise today on a day when we are ever hopeful that we will be able to complete legislation tonight that will remove the threat of a default as well as to open the government and to allow us to go forward now with negotiations on…

I commend the words of our chairman, the senior Senator from Iowa, for his warnings about the impact of sequestration and the across-the-board indiscriminate cuts. We are grateful for that because we need to be thinking about what happens…

there is no question when we look across the Senate or across the House, people of different political parties, people of different faiths all support any kind of religious service for members of the armed services. There is no question…

By playing political games, we give credence to other emerging powers, like China and Brazil, who want the world to become less reliant on the dollar.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the provisions of S. Res. 267, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the late Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota. There being no…

I worry about the incredibly, extremely negative effects that the government shutdown and the threat of default have on our foreign policy and our national security.

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

thank you very much. I know our time is limited. I want to start on an issue that I think all of us are coming together on no matter what party we are in, and that is what has been happening to our military families. On Sunday, as noted by…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

When our role in the world is so important to the United States' well-being, both in terms of security and economic well-being, and to the stability in the world, why would this kind of a manufactured crisis be seen as something that is…

I understand there are four measures at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will read the joint resolutions by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A joint…

I now ask for a second reading en bloc, and I object to my own request en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The measures will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Republican whip. Unanimous Consent Request--H.J. Res. 91

The entire global financial system depends, in large measure, on the faith that the U.S. Government can and always will pay its debt.

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

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consideration of S. Res. 267, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution…

pending before the Senate is a unanimous consent request on H. Con. Res. 58, a bill to urge the Department of Defense to allow military chaplains to perform duties during the shutdown. Earlier today, I objected to this bill because I…

We certainly appreciate the hours of the Presiding Officer in presiding. I don't know whether the Presiding Officer's time is at the beginning or the end, but we are grateful for the time this weekend. I wish to start by commending the…

I ask unanimous consent to have 3 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Looking at the Thursday, October 3 edition of Politico, on page 19, here is the headline. I will hold it up, but it is probably too small to see so I will read it: ``How the Shutdown Fight Is Obscuring a Major Republican Victory.'' They…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 2, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

first of all, I want to commend the words of my colleague from West Virginia about, first of all, the frustration that so many Americans feel that we share and also his words about trying to come to a resolution. I think it bears…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 2, 2013. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…