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…

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…

there will be no objection. We are making real progress and have begun discussing how we will handle the rest of the day and tomorrow as well. There is no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the…

tomorrow morning we will be debating Senator McConnell's amendment related to ballots. That vote will occur at approximately 9:30 a.m., and that will be the first vote of the day. That will be followed by the cloture vote on the…

the distinguished elder statesman, Senator Lloyd Bentsen, passed away today in his family home in Houston at the age of 85. He leaves behind his wife Beryl Ann and his three children, Lloyd III, Lan and Tina, and seven beloved…

on the Defense authorization, I have talked to both the chairman and ranking member, as I am sure the Democratic leader has, and have asked them to do their very best to address how we can best bring that bill to the floor and have…

today we will be debating the comprehensive immigration bill. Several Senators will be coming over throughout the day to discuss either pending amendments or amendments to be proposed. At this point we have at least two amendments…

I ask that the live quorum under rule XXII be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we have had a good process to this point on the immigration bill. I thank the bill managers for their hard work. We are now, as I outlined this morning, in our final week prior to our recess. We have a lot of legislative and executive…

I will be closing shortly, but I do want to comment briefly on the immigration bill today. I want to make a few remarks on where we are and then where we will be going. Mr. President, we began debate on the comprehensive immigration reform…

to clarify, we will have a vote on the pending Feinstein amendment regarding the orange card program. Members can expect this vote to occur shortly before 11 a.m. That will be the first vote. A few moments ago, I filed cloture on the…

the last action was filing cloture on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, the President's nominee for the DC Circuit Court of the Appeals. I have been discussing with the minority leader the nomination this morning and over the course of…

today we return to the comprehensive immigration bill. We had a very constructive day and evening yesterday. I appreciate everyone's patience and participation in moving the debate along. We worked late last night, up to about 11 o'clock…

briefly on another issue, just because each day we are bombarded with so much bad news, disappointing news, news that makes you want to put the newspaper down or turn off the television, I want to share with my colleagues a piece of good…

I want to comment on a couple of issues and take advantage of the time that we have this morning. Late last night, in closing, we passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act to address abuses and potential abuses in the broadcast arena…

That is three of the four tetralogies. I know my colleague knows the fourth is that right ventricular hypertrophy. I would be happy to yield to the Democratic leader.

I will be brief. But what is fascinating is that with science and with the great progress that is made, today it can be cured, where before it couldn't. What is interesting about the overall story is that Mohammed's father, Fateh, about a…

the Senate has made a lot of progress on the immigration bill. After spending almost 2 weeks on the bill a month ago, we brought the bill back this week, and not knowing exactly what to expect, I set out with a pretty high watermark, a…

while they are looking at that amendment, the plans will be that in about 30 to 45 minutes we will have 2 rollcall votes, and then we will keep amendments going, and we will be voting tonight. We will do at least several other amendments…

in the big picture, let me say at the outset that things are going very well. It is 9:30 on a Thursday night. We are making decisions about tomorrow and Monday. We have had a very good week. I thank the Democratic leader and both managers…

I join the minority leader in congratulating our colleague, Senator Levin, on his 10,000th vote. His 28-year tenure has been marked by vote after vote. It represents his integrity, his character, his leadership. He cast his vote in some of…

today we have made some progress on the immigration bill. Tomorrow we will continue to work through this complex bill, starting with the Kyl-Cornyn amendment, which is the pending amendment. Senators can expect a vote on this amendment in…

this morning following the opening remarks of the two leaders we will proceed to the consideration of a nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court. We have set aside up to 15 minutes for comments on that nomination prior to the rollcall vote…

as I speak, on the west front of the Capitol Building we are observing the 25th National Peace Officers Memorial Service. Tribute is being paid to the 155 peace officers who lost their lives in the line of duty last year. The President…

that is the Cantwell-Talent resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with regard to establishing a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week. I am delighted the resolution was adopted. It is an important issue. This is our No. 1 drug…