Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

Mr. Chair, I rise to offer a simple amendment that will protect private water rights and prohibit the EPA's attempt to expand Clean Water Act regulation beyond what Congress has intended. This amendment prohibits the use of funds to carry…

Mr. Chair, as I have said, it is well-established legal doctrine that the Constitution and the Clean Water Act strictly limit the Federal Government's authority to usurp State water rights and compacts. I urge my colleagues to join me in…

We shouldn't be naive about that process. It will be slow, it will be complicated, there will be difficulties along the way.

It's clear the President's policy and our approach to Cuba is broadly supported on the island itself.

I think the argument is, in fact, our engagement rather than allowing the Cuban Government to tighten its grip, has actually helped loosen the grip, and increased flexibility, access to information, and openness.

Mr. President, the American public is well aware that there is a vacancy on our U.S. Supreme Court and, in addition, that there is obstruction going on in terms of our path to do what the Senate is supposed to do--confirm a President's…

Mr. President, I would like to bring attention to the estimated 5 million Americans suffering from gastroparesis in observance of National Gastroparesis Awareness Month in August. Gastroparesis is a chronic medical condition in which the…

I am really concerned when I see the human rights groups and others denying individuals the opportunity to talk, et cetera.

Well, I said it was the last question. I will ask one more, if I may, through the Chair. I would ask the Senator from Florida this: So you have Senator Rubio, a well-known Republican from Florida, and Senator Bill Nelson, maybe the best…

I ask the Senator--and I see my colleague, Senator Murray of Washington, on the floor, who is in a very important position, and she is going to address this issue in a few moments. But is it not true that we worked out a bipartisan…

I ask the Senator through the Chair, in dealing with a public health emergency, a public health crisis, the potential of an epidemic that we now think could infect 25 percent of the population of Puerto Rico, is a timely response an…

I would ask the Senator from Florida my last question. I know my other colleagues are waiting to ask questions. Your State, the State of Florida, appears to be vulnerable--more vulnerable than most States--because of your proximity to…

Through the Chair, I would ask the Senator from Florida whether it is true that it has been 5 months since President Obama declared this public health emergency and asked the Congress to respond to that emergency in a timely way. He asked…

Mr. President, 5 months--5 months--that is how long it has been since the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally asked the U.S. Congress to respond to a public health emergency to combat…

I would ask the Senator through the Chair--so we have the President identifying a public health emergency and the President telling us--and the CDC as well--that delaying this makes a possibility or probability of an epidemic even worse…

I ask the Senator from Florida, through the Chair, is it also true that the bill sent to us by the House, after we passed a bipartisan bill with 89 votes, had no Democratic signatories--no House Members of the Democratic Party signing onto…

I ask the Senator from Florida, through the Chair, is it also not true, based on the statements made by the Republican majority leader, Senator McConnell of Kentucky, that he is going to give us one last chance in the next 48 hours to…