I thank the chairman for yielding. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in strong support of trade. It is time for us to lead. When you open up markets to our manufacturers, to our workers, you are creating jobs here on American soil. I am a firm…

Thank you, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, as is obvious, we have an agreement to votes on both the Gillibrand and Ernst amendments. I would imagine it may require a recorded vote…

I have a modification to that amendment, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is so modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following: SEC. 1085. INTEREST RATE…

I thank the Presiding Officer, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of June 3, 2015, under ``Text of Amendments.'')

I ask that the pending amendment be set aside and on behalf of Senator Gillibrand I call up amendment No. 1578. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed]…

I call for regular order with respect to amendment No. 1564. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is now pending. Amendment No. 1564, as Modified

today, along with Senators Schumer, Menendez, Warner, Merkley, Warren, Blumenthal, Franken, Durbin, Kaine, and Hirono, I am introducing the Military Consumer Protection Act, which reinforces our commitment to consumer protections for…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

first, let me say with great respect how I appreciate the collaboration and cooperation of the chairman on so much of the bill where we worked together, but this is an issue that I feel very strongly about. Let me be very clear about what…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

I rise to discuss my amendment No. 1521 to fence all funding above $50.9 billion in the account for overseas contingency operations until budget caps on both defense and nondefense have been raised. My amendment specifically recognizes the…

I ask unanimous consent to add Senator Mikulski, Senator Merkley, Senator Udall, Senator Leahy, Senator Donnelly, Senator Boxer, Senator Menendez, Senator Booker, Senator Feinstein, Senator Cardin, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Peters as…

we have Senator Stabenow and Senator Durbin coming, and I believe we have heard that Senator Grassley is also coming, and with the Senator's 10 minutes, I think that will fill up the time until the vote at 3 o'clock. Mr. McCAIN. We have…

The Senator and I concur that we should urge our colleagues to file their amendments. We have several hundred pending, as the chairman pointed out, and we hope that can be accomplished by 6 p.m. tomorrow. We will be debating amendments and…

I have a modification to amendment No. 1559, which I offered on behalf of Senator Durbin, and I ask that the amendment be so modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The amendment is so modified. The amendment, as…

I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1559, as Modified

very quickly, the Senator from North Carolina worked very hard to get legislative language in the bill which has a study of the sufficiency of the airlift requirements for the units stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. This legislation would take…

I rise to commend the Senator from New Hampshire. I think one of the best indications of the appropriate direction of this policy is that the Department of Defense extends benefits regardless of State law to all military personnel…

I wish to comment briefly on the amendment proposed by my colleague from North Carolina, Senator Tillis, with respect to the stationing of the C-130 aircraft at Pope Army Airfield in North Carolina. The amendment states that these aircraft…

also I believe we anticipate taking up by voice vote the Tillis amendment. Mr. McCAIN. We will voice vote the Tillis amendment, and we will be looking, hopefully, at a manager's package, as well. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the award of Department of Defense contracts to…

again, I recognize the way that the Senator from Ohio is articulating a need of the military. The question is how high the priority is. Just one point I wish to make is that we do understand acutely the crisis in the Crimea, et cetera. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside, and on behalf of Senator Durbin I call up amendment No. 1559. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The…