In addition, I think I understood, and I agree with a comment the Senator made about potential reforms--that even the whole notion of health care provided through employers is a little bit of a historical anomaly that came up in the…

I ask the Senator, would he not agree that the best way to avoid a government shutdown or threats of a government shutdown or talking about the consequences of a government shutdown would be to separate out his question of what are the…

I believe I am correct that the Senator won his election not by a small margin but by a large margin. Is that correct?

If I could, let me ask: A reform in the Senator's view that might encompass a different solution for the preexisting condition or an ending of the ban on interstate purchasing of insurance, if we get through this week and we are into next…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 25, 2013, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Reauthorizing Tria: The State of…

The last thing I would ask the Senator is--the three Senators who are now in the Chamber are each from different States. We all ran in 2012. I do not know about the presiding officer's situation. I was in that hypothetical, as you…

I want to switch and ask the Senator a question about ``MakeWashingtonListen.'' That is the second piece. If the Senator will let me get back into a little bit of campaigning activity, he and I were candidates at the same time in 2012, and…

I have a comment and a final question. I am not skilled at how campaigns are run, but I would challenge the Senator's assertion. I think virtually everyone in the country who voted in the Presidential election in 2012 knew that one…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on September 25, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that Sergio Aguirre, a legislative fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges during morning business today, September 11, 2013. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise to speak to the grave issue of the Syria resolution currently pending before the body. It is September 11. I know many Members have expressed thoughts, and we are all thinking about that day and what it means to our country. In a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 11, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 11, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Department of Homeland…

I hope Congress still cares about the principle.

We should not put service members into initiating battle, putting people into harm's way if they do not have a consensus behind them.

I think that would be one of the best things the opposition could do is make that plain.

I very much appreciate and celebrated the President's decision to bring this matter to Congress.

It is a principle of international law and American law: no use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians.

I also rise to support the nomination of Samantha Power to be our Ambassador at the United Nations. Within the last month I had a unique opportunity as the junior member of the committee that my friend Chairman Menendez chairs, as the head…

today, my colleague Senator Mark Warner and I are introducing the Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013, a bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation to address an aspect of water permitting law that has touched several…

The program also expires on October 1st of this year, making its reauthorization a timely priority.

I was proud to have supported this program when I was Governor of Virginia, and I am proud that 11 bipartisan cosponsors have joined my friend Senator Cochran and me on this bill.

America's battlefields are historic landmarks that help us commemorate what made our nation what it is today.

an open, free, and fair election with broad Afghan participation offers the best opportunity to reconcile the whole of Afghan society