today, we are opening with a period of morning business to allow Senators to make statements. At 3 this afternoon we will begin consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill. Chairman Warner will be here at 3 to begin…

on Monday, the Senate will be considering the Defense authorization bill. Following opening remarks and recognition of Chairman Warner and Senator Levin, amendments may be debated and offered. The first vote of next week will occur on…

I take a few moments to share an account of an event that occurred nearly 3\1/2\ years ago. The story I tell is a very tragic story. At the time, it received a lot of media coverage, but because of a recent fortuitous occurrence, it has…

finally, let me say thank you to our spring semester pages. Today is their final day in the Senate. I join all of my colleagues in praising them for their hard work and effort throughout this year. I ask unanimous consent that a list of…

today we will be in for a period of morning business. We do not expect a lengthy session over the course of this morning for today. Last night, we reached an agreement to begin consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill…

the Senate just finished honoring our flag with the Pledge of Allegiance, an innovation we added to the Senate proceeding several years ago upon the suggestion and urging of our former colleague, Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire. As we…

to respond through the Chair to the Democratic leader--and actually our colloquy, in essence, is to our colleagues--we recognize the importance, both of us, both sides of the aisle, of getting this bill to conference. We have passed a bill…

Michael Caudle's father founded the Greenfield Lumber Company in Greenfield, TN in 1955. Michael's dad and his granddad spent years building that business into the trusted, reliable family business that exists today. But when Michael's dad…

I will update our colleagues over the course of the day and run down our schedule. In a couple of minutes, we will start the 1 hour of debate prior to the cloture vote on the death tax repeal. Therefore, that first vote is expected to…

over the past couple of days, we have had a good, rigorous debate on the future of marriage in America. I thank Senator Allard and Senator Brownback for managing the debate and my colleagues who have come to the floor to very thoughtfully…

this morning we will have a brief period for closing remarks prior to the 10 a.m. vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment. That vote will be on a vote for cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 1. Following the 10 o'clock vote…

2 weeks ago before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Brett Kavanaugh, the President's nominee for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, pledged that if he is confirmed: I will interpret the law as written and not impose personal policy…

When we come back we will deal with a range of issues. I will have a little more to say about that in a bit, but the first issue we will come back to has to do with another institution, the institution of marriage. Throughout human history…

over the next 20 minutes or so, we will be wrapping up what has been a very busy but very productive week, moving to a period which will begin with the celebration of this weekend, in the sense that a lot of people will be with families…

today, we confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the DC Circuit, we confirmed General Hayden as CIA Director, and we confirmed a former colleague, Dirk Kempthorne, as Secretary of the Interior. In addition, we were able to confirm several…

on May 30, 1868, mourners placed flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. This marked the first observance of Memorial Day. On Monday, America will continue this tradition by…

under the previous order, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that at 10:05 a.m. on Tuesday, June 6, the Senate proceed to executive session, with 10 minutes of debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking member…

I know Senator Nelson will have 2 minutes of remarks to make; 30 seconds for me. The next vote will be our last. We anticipate a voice vote on the confirmation of Dirk Kempthorne after cloture is invoked. We are working on agreement for…

I ask the Chair now lay before the Senate a House message to accompany S. 1235. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: S. 1235 Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1235)…

what all this means is that by this agreement, we will allow Senators to speak tonight on either the Kavanaugh nomination or the Hayden nomination. We will convene tomorrow morning at 8:45. It is our hope that we will be able to vote on…

tomorrow, we will be in session at 8:45 in the morning, and we expect to proceed to a vote on the Kavanaugh nomination, to be followed by a vote on the Hayden nomination, and a cloture vote on the Kempthorne nomination. Thus, Senators can…

we are down to the final few minutes of what has been a long and complicated process but a very civil process-- as some of my colleagues have referred to the process which has been a very civil process in the best spirit of the Senate. The…

This year, Senator Warner became the second longest serving U.S. Senator from Virginia in the 218-year history of the Senate. Since arriving in the Senate 27 years ago, he has forged a long and distinguished record, especially on issues…

in the morning we will work toward passage of the immigration bill. We have our final amendment list lined up. We will likely debate the amendments and stack them together very early in the afternoon. I do anticipate passage of the bill by…

that means we are, most importantly, on a final glidepath. Those are the amendments which will be considered with those times, and then we will be able to vote on final passage on the bill. Senator Warner's 10,000th Vote Mr. President, I…