Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, yesterday this Chamber came together to unanimously confirm Ms. Arenda Wright Allen to serve as a district judge in Virginia. I thank my colleagues from both sides of the aisle for their vote. I am confident that we will…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the nomination of Arenda Wright Allen to serve as the next U.S. district court judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. I am very pleased to see that our leadership came together to move this…

Mr. President, I rise today to once again touch on a subject that is important to me. I know it is very important to the Presiding Officer because the Commonwealth of Virginia and the great State of Maryland have a large number of Federal…

Mr. President, I rise, once again, to continue the tradition started in the last Congress by my friend and colleague, the Senator from Delaware, Senator Kaufman, to recognize another great Federal employee. I think this particular…

Mr. President, I wish I could say I was rising today to just debate some of the normal issues we talk about. Like most of my colleagues, probably, I rise today a bit embarrassed--not a bit but really embarrassed that we are here under…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, this is a critically important issue, and I think a lot of us all want to speak. I just want to make sure--I have been presiding and waiting for some time as well. I hope we do not start…

I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise to speak in favor of the Coburn- Warner amendment. Refreshing everyone on the point I made just a couple moments ago, the GAO created a study that gives us a guidepost of where we can start eliminating some of the…

Mr. President, I rise to urge adoption of the Coburn amendment. I believe the Coburn amendment actually adds teeth. We have a study here of duplicative programs from GAO. We have got to make sure we are, as we debate closing down the…

Mr. President, I come to the floor again today to once more honor another great Federal employee. I know the Presiding Officer and I, as well as some of our colleagues, recognize that in the State of New Mexico and the Commonwealth of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the period of the quorum calls between now and 2 p.m. be equally divided between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.