Mr. President, I wish to recognize that today, April 16, 2013, is National Healthcare Decisions Day. National Healthcare Decisions Day exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care…

Mr. President, let me first say I also am on the floor because today is April 16, the sixth anniversary of the horrible shootings at the campus of Virginia Tech. I think every Virginian and every American--I can say Virginians at…

Mr. President, I urge my colleagues, if we want to repeal the estate tax and pay for it, to vote for the Warner amendment No. 693. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time in opposition? The Senator from South Dakota.

Mr. President, in the spirit of what our leader said about us trying to move along, I think while we may have a variety of views, we all know we are $16.5 trillion in debt--a debt that goes up by $3 billion every night. The last thing we…

Mr. President, there are strong feelings of opinion in this body about the estate tax. I personally believe the current estate tax--with a very generous $5 million-per-person exemption, and $10 million per family; an estate tax that only…

I would simply say that I want to commend this debate we are having and commend Members on both sides of the aisle. As I said at the outset, no budget is going to be perfect for every Member, but this is a credible, important first step in…

I ask unanimous consent for an additional 30 seconds, and I will finish. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, let me thank the Chair for her good work and putting this budget together, which I believe is the first step as we try to resolve this issue. The Senator from Washington has mentioned this has become my passion in this body…

I turn now to my good friend, the Senator from Delaware. This has been an extraordinary passion of his. I know as chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, along with the ranking member from Oklahoma, this will be…

I know the answer to this because we have talked about this in the past. We do not have a complete list of all of the various programs.

Mr. President, I wish to just take one moment before I yield time to the Senator from Delaware. (Disturbance in the Visitors' Galleries.) The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will be no expressions from the gallery.

I commend my friend, the Senator from Oklahoma, who has made this a passion. I would acknowledge this is a challenge that transfers between administrations. When I was Governor of Virginia, under the previous administration, we tried to…