I stand today to urge my colleagues to support one of the most important pieces of legislation that has come before this body in decades, Senate Joint Resolution 10, the Hatch-Lee balanced budget amendment proposal. The reason why I insist…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues for up to 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I could not agree more with that assessment. It is important for us to remind our colleagues of that because according to a recent CNN poll, the American people overwhelmingly support this by a margin of about 75 percent. Those who oppose…

Perhaps it is inherent in the institution itself, in the forces at play, that have made Congress uniquely vulnerable to this kind of massive deficit spending. Whatever the reason, we know Congress is not willing, is not able, or at least…

What is my colleague's sense as to how the various State legislatures are likely to respond to a constitutional amendment proposed by both Houses of Congress? Does he think they would likely ratify such an amendment by the necessary…

If the Congress is consisting of a Senate and House, and the Members of the Senate and House are elected representatives of the people who stand for reelection at regular intervals, and if the American voting public overwhelmingly supports…

I stand today to urge my colleagues to support efforts to bring forward a balanced budget amendment, one that can be passed out of both Houses of Congress and submitted to the States for ratification. Article V of the Constitution gives us…

I think most Members of Congress would acknowledge that their constituents want the Federal budget balanced. Why is it not enough for us just to tell Members of Congress: Please balance it. We don't want to have to restrict your authority…

So they are paying for Washington's fiscal irresponsibility in the form of job losses and in the form of increased prices for goods and services and in the form of inflation. It is likewise my experience with my State legislature that they…

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be divided equally. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise to speak today in opposition to the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to be a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The DC Circuit is arguably the most important Federal appellate court in our Federal judicial system…

I rise today to speak in support of amendment No. 1126 to the current pending legislation. The purpose of this amendment is to make clear that the United States shall not detain for an indefinite period U.S. citizens in military custody. I…

Wonderful. The second request is withdrawn. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1126

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article written by Mallory Factor and published in Forbes magazine. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Occupy Wall Street…

I ask unanimous consent that the current amendment be set aside so I might speak briefly regarding amendment No. 1126.

I stand in support of this resolution. I do so for the following reason. Article I, section 1 of the Constitution makes abundantly clear that the legislative power of the United States shall be vested in Congress, which shall consist of a…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is pending. The Senator has 1 minute. Motion to Recommit

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

I filed this motion to recommit H.R. 2112 with instructions to send this ``moneybus'' back to the Committee on Appropriations for one simple reason: it spends more for the same set of expenditures in fiscal year 2012 than it did in 2011 to…

I have a motion to recommit with instructions with respect to H.R. 2112. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2112 to…

I stand to speak on behalf of this motion to recommit. What we are looking at here with H.R. 2112 is a measure that actually spends more in each of those areas than what we spent in fiscal year 2011. We are in dire economic circumstances…

Today, I would like to thank my colleagues in the LGBT Equality Caucus, Leader Pelosi, Congresswoman Baldwin, Congressman Frank, everyone today as we celebrate the end of a discriminatory era against gay and lesbian servicemembers in…

Today, the Census Bureau came out with new numbers on poverty in America. In 2010, 15.1 percent, which is 46.1 million Americans, lived in poverty. This is up from 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million Americans, in 2009. And 2.6 million more…

I stand to address this body to honor the life of one of Utah's great citizens. A good friend of mine is former Utah Governor Norman Bangerter, who announced on Saturday that his beloved wife of 58 years had passed away after a long-time…

I stand today to explain my reasons for voting against the debt limit increase we will be voting on in just about half an hour from now. This is a crisis that America faces. It is an ongoing crisis that will neither be created nor…