the Senate is demonstrating its serious commitment to supporting our military, and it is a good thing. In passing the Defense authorization bill, a bipartisan piece of legislation, we authorized funding for training and for the ever…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford).

today I would like to pay tribute to a great American veteran, public servant, leader, and Texan, Mr. Roland ``Ken'' Towery. Ken passed away on May 4, 2016, at the age of 93. Ken personified integrity, sacrifice, and hard work as a member…

I came to the floor to talk about the visit of Prime Minister Modi of India and to speak about an amendment I have, but listening to the Senator from Washington, I have to express my sense of wonder and amazement at our Democratic…

I am grateful you will not make me repeat that. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that at 7:30 p.m. this evening, the Chair lay before the Senate the House message accompanying H.R. 2577; that Senator McConnell or his designee be recognized to make a motion that the Senate disagree to the…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.''

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.''

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``nay.''

earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution convened a hearing on a piece of legislation I introduced with several of my colleagues called the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, or the HEAR Act. This bill is…

in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to further proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. ____________________

anybody who has been watching the national news--and particularly the weather--knows we have been having some serious flooding back home in Texas. Tragically, we lost nine soldiers from Fort Hood in a very unfortunate drowning incident as…