June of 1 year to March of another is a pretty long run for getting an answer.

I would have thought that Coreflood would have been a model for a great number of other similar sort of hygienic type legal efforts.

I remain disappointed that we did not pass legislation to address this pressing issue before.

I will raise is my perennial concern that the Margolis memorandum needs to be retracted by the Department.

I think it is an important step for the administration.

I appreciate it. Similarly, we are looking at the enforcement of campaign finance laws.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Pamela Ki…

Having the floor, why don't I propose now that at the conclusion of my remarks Senator Toomey be recognized.

The Senator has that right, and she will yield to him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I am rising today in strong support of Leader Reid's proposal to stop the sequester. We need to reduce our debt and deficit. We should do so in a thoughtful manner. We have so often on this floor heard our Republican friends criticize…

I wish to interject just for a moment to sort out the order on the floor. I apologize to the Senator from Arizona for the last exchange. I thought I had the floor at that point. I understand now this is a colloquy. I think Senator Ayotte…

if I may interject, I believe I have the floor. Mr. McCAIN. I have the right to ask a question from the person who has the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Carolina has yielded for a question. Mr. McCAIN. My…

I am here, actually, Mr. President, to once again urge Congress that we have to wake up to the growing threat of climate change. The alarm bells are ringing. The signs are all around us. Yet we continue to sleepwalk through history…

while the Senator from Tennessee is on the floor--and because he referenced the filibuster of district judge nominees--let me say that there was a concerted effort to try to filibuster a district court nominee, one whom Senator Reed and…

I understand the Senator from West Virginia is going to have the floor, followed by the Senator from Tennessee, and I wish to be recognized to make some remarks following the Senator from Tennessee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I think it is important that people understand what a difference it makes when somebody undertakes to commit one of these terrible crimes and they have the additional capacity for evil and for harm as a result of the additional capacity in…

if you really look at the budget problem and the deficit problem, it is a health care problem.

I think our Ranking Member, Senator Collins, said it exactly right when she said the way to address Medicare costs is to address health care costs.

cutting benefits and rationing care are the inept way of looking at health care, and even though they are so wrong it is almost criminal

I would supplement what my friend Senator Graham said by suggesting that we can both clean up and improve the enforcement of the existing laws and expand background checks.

I am here again to talk about the effects of climate change on the health of our families and our communities. Just as we know that secondhand smoke and too much sun exposure are bad for human health, we know pollution and variations in…

Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse have provided tremendous investment of time and support to ensure that Rhode Island is ready to implement the Affordable Care Act.

A child showing up for Job Corps is in a different set of challenges than their age group peer.

I do not think that is legitimate. I do not think that is honorable. I do not think that is fair.

If you did not call that Obamacare, everybody in this country would think that was a good idea.