I thank the Senator for yielding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I call up the Paul amendment No. 271. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Enzi], for Mr. Paul, proposes an amendment numbered 271 to amendment…

section 3001 of S. Con. Res. 3, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise the allocations, aggregates, and levels in the budget resolution for legislation…

I ask unanimous consent that Paul Vinovich and Greg D'Angelo, from my staff, be given all-access floor passes to the Senate floor and that Robert Creager, Tiffany Mortimore, Sean Ross, and Sam Safari, interns for the Budget Committee, be…

I ask unanimous consent that there be 1 hour for debate on amendment No. 270, equally divided between the two managers or their designees; that following the use or yielding back of time, Senator Murray or her designee be recognized to…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 26; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that, for the duration of the Senate's consideration of H.R. 1628, the majority and Democratic managers of the bill, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve…

I ask unanimous consent that the use of calculators be permitted on the floor during the consideration of H.R. 1628. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Mr. President. I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:58 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at 9:30 a.m…

what is the regular order with respect to the pending amendment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is 2 hours equally divided.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume consideration of the Bernhardt nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior assistant…

my colleagues and I have been on this floor for the last 7 years talking about the problems with ObamaCare and the need to address them. In the early days, when ObamaCare was still being cobbled together, we talked about individuals losing…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for a few minutes as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

in our job, we get a lot of books, probably two or three a week at least, and for the last year most of those have been on healthcare and healthcare reform. A book I received recently is one called ``Demystifying ObamaCare,'' by David G…

Now, I am also the Budget chairman, and I know that our Nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path.

I cannot think of higher praise that somebody could get than that coming into this position.

I ask unanimous consent that with respect to the Nye nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for July 2017. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate approved in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2017, S. Con. Res…

We believe in the 80/20 rule. Ted and I agree on 80 percent of the stuff; we disagree on 20 percent of the stuff.

for the information of my colleagues, the Congressional Budget Office released its estimate of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, in May 2017. Information related to this House-passed bill can be found on the Congressional…

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for June 2017. The report compares current-law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2017, S. Con. Res…