Mr. President, today, due to tornados and severe storms in South Dakota, which resulted in significant damage to homes and businesses in my State, I was traveling back to South Dakota to survey the damage and meet with local leaders…

Madam President, before I begin my prepared remarks, I wish to acknowledge my constituents in South Dakota who are dealing with unprecedented flooding. We have seen historic amounts of rainfall already in the month of June that dwarf…

Mr. President, as every Member of Congress knows, Americans are hurting, and after 5\1/2\ years of the Obama economy, they are getting pretty discouraged, as a recent CNN poll reported. That ``pessimism,'' Erin Currier, director of the…

Mr. President, the ObamaCare train wreck just keeps rolling on. Every day it seems there is another story about another ObamaCare failure. Mr. President, 80,000 Oregonians must reenroll in health plans after the State's ObamaCare exchange…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor the 70th anniversary of the heroic landings of D-day. The incredible bravery exhibited on June 6 of 1944, in the first phase of Operation Overlord to liberate Western Europe from the clutches of Nazi…

Mr. President, everywhere middle-class Americans look, they are facing higher prices. Over the past 5\1/2\ years of the Obama Presidency, the price of everything--from milk to the refrigerator to put it in--has risen. Tuition costs have…

Mr. President, is the Senate in a quorum call? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schatz). Yes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded and that I be allowed to speak for up to 12 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, legislation I introduced on a bipartisan basis with my colleague Senator Ron Wyden to make the expiring Internet tax moratorium permanent. Because of the…

Mr. President, there were two polls that were released this week, one from Gallup and one from Politico. Both polls asked Americans what concerns them the most. Both polls got the same answer: the economy, jobs, and health care. That…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Job Creation

Mr. President, last week the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled: ``Obama Team Crafts President's Midterm-Election Pitch.'' I want to read from the article's opening. This is what the article said: The White House is carving…