Pete Sessions

Today I wish to discuss the Sessions- Pryor Amendment No. 1879 to S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act. I would like to recognize the excellent work of my friend, the senior Senator from Arkansas, Mr. Pryor, who…

I thank Ranking Member Murkowski for her explanation. Again, I applaud her for her work on the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 and for her leadership in this body. ____________________

Tonight, we've had three new first-term Members of Congress who have come on the floor to talk about things that are important to them, and it's a balance. It's making a difference so that people back home have confidence in the rules and…

We see 25 million people struggling in this country as a result of that same attitude that the Democrat Party and the President has about having jobs go off into the past and looking to the future. Mr. Chairman, at this time I yield 1\1/4\…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 24, insert before the semicolon the following: ``, including an analysis of any jobs added or…

Senator Durbin is such an eloquent champion for righting injustice, and I am always impressed with him, and I do agree that the American people are good and decent people. They want the right thing. They want the right thing on…

We need to honor that promise. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING Officer. The Senator from Maryland.

I thank the chairman and join her in commending Mr. Sammartino for his many years of dedicated and distinguished service to CBO, the Congress, and the American people. We wish him and his family well in his retirement from Federal service…

I will be pleased to yield to the Senator from Utah and look forward to hearing his remarks. He is a man of great expertise on this particular issue.

I will yield for a question from Senator Hatch. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Begich). The Senator from Utah.

Reclaiming the floor, Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator's sharing that. We will study them. It is absolutely a practice that can occur, but it is a very dangerous practice. The Senate is a place of a certain amount of collegiality…

How many votes? I am curious. I know it was done before. The big time that I recall, I say to Senator Merkley, was the one over Federal judges, similar to this. At the end, cooler heads prevailed, a compromise was reached, and a very…

I said it is a dangerous trend and it can be addictive and it can undermine the nature of the Senate. I did not say it never happened. But to my knowledge, I would like for the Senator to list for me the number of times since 1985 the…

I believe it's important for us to understand what's in the bill, and I'd like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), the chairman of the Agriculture Committee.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

All time yielded is for the purpose of debate only, and I will not yield for that purpose.

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman).

I continue to reserve my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to a great leader on issues dealing with poverty and hunger, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).

I would not yield for that purpose. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this point, it's my privilege to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the distinguished Democratic leader.

In fact, Mr. Speaker, I object. When I receive the time, I will offer an explanation. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Worcester, Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution all…

I thank the Senator from Louisiana for his comments, and I thank Senator Portman for providing some good language to improve our situation. I truly believe what happened Monday afternoon heralded deep trouble. There was deep trouble the…

This is not a vote on the Hoeven amendment; it is a vote on the complete substitute of over 1,000 pages that includes all aspects of the bill before us. It includes amnesty, and it includes the failed entry-exit visa. If we vote for…

The Senator will acknowledge that his amendment was filed Friday afternoon, at a time when probably 90 percent of our Senators had left town. It was not his 200-page amendment or just his interests; all kinds of special interests and…

I didn't understand it. I am sorry. Was there a UC on the Senator taking the floor? If so, I will certainly yield and wrap up.