The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``aye.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Are there any other Senators…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn would have voted -``nay.'' The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other…

I noticed again that the budget this year did have the 28-percent limitation on itemized deductions that many of us think is going to negatively impact charitable giving.

I also want to welcome our new chairman and really look forward to working with him.

we have worked together on a number of issues: digital goods, digital trade; most recently, a letter that we spearheaded, signed by 33 Senators, in support of maintaining the charitable deduction in tax reform.

in July of 2009, President Obama said: ``If you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.'' Then later, in September of 2009, the President said: ``Now these…

I come to the floor today to discuss the pain ObamaCare continues to inflict on Americans. It seems like every week brings more ObamaCare bad news for somebody--families, businesses, middle-income Americans, lower income Americans. This…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alaska (Mrs. Murkowski), the Senator from Idaho (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Idaho (Mr…

I come to the floor today to discuss the stagnant Obama economy and how ObamaCare is making it worse. This Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the day the President signed his trillion-dollar stimulus bill into law. In remarks he gave in…

I come to the floor today to discuss the many ways ObamaCare continues to negatively affect Americans. Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article exposing yet another problem with healthcare.gov. I would like to share a couple of…

I appreciate the comments of my colleague from Arkansas and prior to him those of my colleagues from Missouri and Wyoming--we will be hearing in a minute from my colleague from Nebraska--all of whom are expressing sentiments that are…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for no longer than 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. State of the Union Address

tonight the President of the United States will come before the Congress and make his State of the Union Address. That is an annual ritual we go through around here every year, and I have been through State of the Union speeches through…

I strongly support the push to get Trade Promotion Authority enacted as soon as possible.

Every President literally since Franklin Roosevelt has had this authority, and I am glad that President Obama has chosen to request it.

I come to the floor today to talk about the damage ObamaCare is doing to our struggling economy. After months of unrelenting coverage of ObamaCare's many problems and after Friday's release of December's dismal job report, I am sure…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Without objection, it is so ordered. ObamaCare

Well, thank you, Chairman. You have a lot of uncongested airspace in West Virginia as we do in South Dakota.

Senator Feinstein I think pretty well did that by facing a drone five inches from her face

What type of data do you expect the FAA is going to need from those six test sites to safely advance the integration process?

So I guess the question is, do you envision a regulatory structure in the near future that would allow for commercial use of the slightly larger UASs so that the market potential, and I'm thinking of course with regard to agricultural…

Unmanned aviation is undoubtedly the next significant frontier in the aviation sector.