I thank the Senator from Texas for his comments about the Senator from Alabama. Senator Sessions has been an outstanding Senator. He came to the Senate at the same time I did. He has served for 20 years. That is a lot of votes that a…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If no one yields time, the time will be divided equally. The Senator from Hawaii. Amendment No. 20

this amendment is corrosive to the privilege in the budget resolution, meaning that it is outside of the scope of what is appropriate for a budget resolution. Any inappropriate amendment could be fatal to the privilege of this resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that all time be considered time on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I call up amendment No. 1 and ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming…

I ask unanimous consent that at 2:45 p.m. there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form, prior to the vote in relation to Kaine amendment No. 8. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

today I have been listening to the diatribes against the repeal resolution we are working on, and I think some things need to be answered. The Republicans are not trying to throw 30 million people off of their insurance. What we have seen…

I ask unanimous consent that at 2:45 p.m. today, the Senate vote in relation to amendment No. 8. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that during the periods of a quorum call, the time be equally divided between the two sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

this amendment is corrosive to the privilege of the budget resolution, meaning that it is outside the scope of what is appropriate for a budget resolution. Any inappropriate amendment could be fatal to the privilege of this resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that Tara Shaw and Matt Giroux from my staff be given all-access floor passes to the Senate floor during consideration of the budget resolution, S. Con. Res. 3. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that the time in the quorum call be equally divided between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to…

I suggest the absence of a quorum, and I ask unanimous consent that the time be divided equally. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative…

today we have a new Congress. Soon we will have a new President. For the first time in years, hardworking Americans will have their voices heard as we take the first steps to repair the Nation's broken health care system--steps to remove…

I ask unanimous consent that for the duration of the Senate's consideration of S. Con. Res. 3, the majority and Democratic managers of the concurrent resolution, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted to deliver…

I ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided between the two sides during quorum calls. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 2:15 p.m. for the weekly policy lunches. There being no objection, the Senate, at 1:21 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding…

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

today I wish to recognize the service of a former colleague and our current Vice President, Joe Biden. Joe was born in Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Delaware when he was 13. He left Delaware for brief stints at St. Helena…

section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, BBEDCA, establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and 314(a) of the…

as this session of Congress draws to a close, it provides us with an opportunity to acknowledge and express our appreciation to those Members of the Senate who will be retiring in a few weeks. One of those who will be retiring and will be…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All postcloture time has expired. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

I want to start off by reminding everybody of an old but very short Hans Christian Andersen story about an emperor who was convinced by two very clever weavers that they could make clothes that would be invisible to anybody who was unfit…

Americans are concerned that we are overspending. We are overspending by more than half a trillion dollars a year. That is more than $500 billion a year. Now, $500 billion sounds a lot more than half a trillion. As chairman of the Senate…

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for November 2016. The report compares current law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, the…