I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

Congress can play an important role in foreign affairs by providing adequate funds and providing oversight.

I look forward to the U.S.-India relationship not being our 10th largest trading partner in the future.

In evaluating trade relationships, we all too often focus on revenue for American corporations or profits for American corporations, and all too little emphasis is put on jobs for American workers.

The House passed H.R. 1853 overwhelmingly last year. We sent the bill to the Senate. Instead of acting on the House bill, the Senate Xeroxed our bill, put their own name on it, and sent it back here.

I appreciate the Senate copying our work, since imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Gee, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, you know.

Are we providing aid to the Government of Armenia to take care of those refugees?

I have been advocating for direct aid to Nagorno-Karabakh since 1997. It is an important investment we make in peace in that region and in support of a negotiated and democratic solution.

we spend a minuscule amount--and when you think about, just look at the agenda, whether it is science and innovation, whether it is global health, dealing with women's health and malaria or global health security, the tropical diseases…

I have been responsible for overseeing how the Federal Government supports State and local preparedness and response activities for well over a decade.

From where I sit, I can say with confidence that Federal grant investments have worked.

It is also clear that the threats we face are growing and evolving.

I take seriously the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission that, should our first responders be called upon once again to respond to a terrorist attack, they have the training and equipment they need to do so more safely.

Indeed, former Boston Police Commissioner Davis testified before this committee that without grant funding, the 'response would have been much less comprehensive than it was'.

over and out, if he doesn't win Ohio.

77 percent approved of him as recently as October of 2015.

Madam President, I thank Senator Cardin and Senator Corker for how diligently they have worked over the course of the last several months, as both of them have stated on the floor, to make this sale much more palatable and to address many…