I thank the chairman and join him in commending Ms. Smith for her many years of dedicated, faithful, and outstanding service to CBO, to the Senate through her work in the Parliamentarian's Office and the Budget Committee, and to the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I appreciate the suggestion by the Senator from Illinois, as I believe I will be able to support all those bills, but I have information that Senators on our side oppose or have objections to two of them and would like to offer amendments…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 247, S. 671; that the committee-reported amendment to S. 671 be agreed to, and the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed. The…

on behalf of Senator Pryor and myself, I ask unanimous consent that the transcript of the 60th Annual National Prayer Breakfast be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as…

I would note that the Presiding Officer is a cosponsor with myself of S. 1792, the Strengthening Investigations of Sex Offenders and Missing Children Act of 2011, and perhaps we will be able to make that work sooner or later. I am sure we…

although I do not have prepared remarks, I wish to join with my colleagues in making a few comments about Senator Mikulski. Senator Mikulski is a great Senator. She is a delight to work with, a formidable adversary, and a formidable ally…

No, although I wouldn't mind seizing the opportunity to speak about Senator Mikulski for a minute, but otherwise, if the Senator has no----

my understanding was that Senator Durbin is going to make a UC request, which I plan to object to, and there might be some brief discussion of that. But I don't see Senator Durbin on the floor.

reserving the right to object, I want to congratulate my colleague Senator Durbin for his able articulation of his view. This is a matter that the Senate and the Congress has considered for quite a number of years. It has not decided to…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Budget

I was a bit surprised--although one is never totally surprised in this body--when my Democratic colleagues were saying this morning that something bad has happened because the historic budget that would change the debt course of America…