MR. PRESIDENT, I COME TO THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY TO REMEMBER A MINNESOTA ICON, AND THAT WOULD BE PRINCE WHO WE LOST TWO YEARS AGO. PRINCE WAS A ONE-OF- A-KIND ARTIST. I GREW UP WITH HIS MUSIC. I WAS OUR SUPERSTAR NEXT DOOR. HE MADE "PURPLE RAIN" A HOUSEHOLD NAME AND BROUGHT FAME TO MINNESOTA'S MUSIC SCENE. MINNESOTA LOVED PRINCE AND PRINCE LOVED MINNESOTA. HE WAS BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS IN 1958 AND DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN MUSIC AT AN EARLY AGE. HE WROTE HIS FIRST SONG AT 7 YEARS OLD AND RECORDED HIS DEMEO TAPES AT SOUND STUDIO. WITH SEVEN ACADEMY AWARDS, HE PIONEERED THE MINNEAPOLIS SOUND THAT EMERGED IN THE LATE 1970'S AND 1980'S AND INFLUENCED MUSIC FOR DECADES TO COME. FROM TIMMY TAHN AND EVEN BEYONCE, SO MANY ARTISTS HAVE BEEN INFLUENCE BY HIS MUSIC. HE RELEASED 39 STUDIO ALBUMS, FIVE NUMBER ONE BILLBOARD HITS AND 40 SINGLES IN THE TOP 100 SONGS. IN 2004, PRINCE WAS INDUCTED IN THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME AND SIX YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED A LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. DESPITE HIS SUCCESS, PRINCE NEVER STOPPED CALLING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HOME. HE LIVED IN OUR STATE AND NEVER LOST THE SENSE THAT HE WAS A BELOVED SON, NEIGHBOR, AND MINNESOTAN. HE WROTE SONGS ABOUT THE MINNESOTA SPORTS SCENE, INCLUDING THE ONE FOR THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. WHEN THE MINNESOTA LINKS WON THEIR THIRD BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP, PRINCE HELD A CONCERT IN THEIR HONOR. WHEN PRINCE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 21, 2016, HE LEFT BEHIND MILLIONS OF FANS AND A LEGACY OF MUSIC THAT TOUCHED HEARTS, OPENED MINDS, AND MADE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WANT TO DANCE. I'M PROUD TO TALK ABOUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS A CULTURAL ICON, AND I'M PROUD TO CALL HIS HOME MINNESOTA MY HOME. PRINCE REMINDED US ALL THAT THERE'S A WORLD WAITING FOR US AFTER THIS LIFE, A WORLD OF NEVER ENDING HAPPINESS WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE THE SUN OR NIGHT. I'M SURE THAT'S WHERE PRINCE IS TODAY. ON SATURDAY, THAT ANNIVERSARY, PURPLE WILL RAIN AGAIN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ALSO RISE TODAY TO DISCUSS SENATE RESOLUTION 463, A RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE SENATE YESTERDAY THAT WILL ALLOW SENATORS TO BRING AND THEIR FANT CHILDREN ON TO THE SENATE FLOOR -- INFANT CHILDREN ON TO THE SENATE FLOOR. SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK SOME OF THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD NOT PASS. OF COURSE, THERE'S SENATOR DUCKWORTH HERSELF, THE PERSON WHO DID ALL THE WORK IN MORE THAN ONE WAY. THIS IS HER SECOND CHILD, SHE'S 50 YEARS OLD, AND SHE IS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH. HE PAVED -- SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE SENATORS WHO WILL HAVE CHILDREN WHILE IN OFFICE. SHE MAY BE FIRST BUT SHE WILL NOT BE THE LAST. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SENATOR DURBIN, HER COLLEAGUE FROM ILLINOIS, FOR HELPING HER GET THIS DONE. WOMEN MAY BE LEADING THE CHARGE ON MAKING WORKPLACES MORE FRIENDLY BUT THERE ARE MEN LIKE SENATOR DURBIN WHO HAVE OUR BACKS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE -- FINALLY, THANKS TO CHAIRMAN BLUNT AND LEADERS SCHUMER AND McCONNELL WHO HELPED ENSURE THIS GOT TO THE FLOOR QUICKLY AND PASSED. CHAIRMAN BLUNT AND I LEAD THE RULES COMMITTEE AND WE WORKED TOGETHER WELL FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I WELCOME HIM BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. I COME -- I CAME TO THE FLOOR EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS HISTORIC RESOLUTION. IT'S HISTORIC FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRST, IT IS VERY RARE FOR THE SENATE TO EXPAND FLOOR PRIVILEGES TO NEW GROUPS OF PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S BEEN DECADES SINCE WE DID THAT. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LATE 1970'S. IN FACT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY EXPANSION OF WHO IS ALLOWED ON THE FLOOR SINCE 1997 WHEN A SERVICE DOG WAS ALLOWED. THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. I'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, INCLUDING WOULD SENATOR DUCKWORTH'S DAUGHTER HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SENATE DRESS CODE. SHE WILL NOT. SHE WILL NOT HAVE TO WEAR PANTS OR A SKIRT. SHE WON'T WEAR A SENATE PIN. THAT WOULD BE DANGEROUS. SHE CAN WEAR A CAP IF SHE WANTS. ANOTHER QUESTION, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WEEP WANT TO HAVE TEN BABIES ON THE FLOOR. I THINK THAT WOULD BE DELIGHTFUL IF WE HAD TEN BABIES ON THE FLOOR. I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE IN ANY IMMINENT DANGER OF THAT HAPPENING, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE EXCITING TO HAVE TEN NEW MOMS AND DADS. THE OTHER THING THAT IS HISTORIC, SENATOR DUCKWORTH WAS THE FIRST U.S. SENATOR TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE IN OFFICE. MORE WOMEN ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND SO IT IS INEVITABLE THAT MORE WOMEN SENATORS WILL HAVE CHILDREN WHILE IN OFFICE. THIS NEW ROLE APPLIES TO MEN AND WOMEN. ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT SENATOR DUCKWORTH WAS VERY CLEAR THAT SHE DEPARTMENT JUST -- DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE JUST ABOUT HER. SHE THOUGHT TO THE FUTURE AND SAW THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE WOMEN SENATORS. STICKING TOGETHER MEANS RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO OUTSIDE THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AND THE WOMEN SENATORS ACROSS PARTY LINES HAVE STUCK TOGETHER, BUT WE KNOW THIS FIGHT DOESN'T END HERE. WE HAVE JUST -- WE ARE JUST AN EXAMPLE FOR THE COUNTRY BUT THERE ARE SO MANY BIGGER THINGS TO DO. THE TRUTH IS TOO MANY AMERICAN MOMS AREN'T IN POSITION TO CHANGE THE RULES WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER TO BE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE, TO ABLE TO LOOK AT AR ARCHAIC RULES THAT WERE IN PLACE HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF AMERICA, WE HAVE TO PASS SOME WORK-FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES, LIKE PAID MATERNITY LEAVE, LIKE MAKING IT EASIER FOR WORKERS TO HE GET CHILD CARE. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WILL MATTER TO ALL AMERICA, BUT TODAY WE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ONE MOM AND ONE BABY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING HER ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I YIELD THE FLOOR.