I think the TIGER grant made that whole package come together.

You know, in St. Louis and Kansas City, both, we have a significant number of charter schools.

I am concerned... that this gainful employment concept... is too focused on the amount of money a person makes versus their loan versus what they have decided to do.

Mr. President, today the Senate is taking a second step to deal with a public health crisis that is destroying lives and damaging communities across the Nation, the epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse. Step 1 late last year was to reduce…

I just want to be sure that we are not suggesting here that somehow anybody is stepping back from the traditional commitment to programs now funded by Title IV.

I am disappointed, given the large increase in the Department's request that the budget once again cuts funding for the Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property program.

I was pleased to see an increase for charter schools, which have been a critical component to ensuring children have access to high quality elementary and secondary schools regardless of where they live.

The FAST Act, the 5-year highway bill. After 37 extensions of the highway bill, it is really well-received throughout the country.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…

Mr. President, I am certainly disappointed by the Senator from Texas objecting to the request of the senior Senator from Maryland, Ms. Mikulski. The request of Senator Mikulski is for us to consider two article III judges who are next in…

I actually introduced the Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act, which establishes safeguards to protect the privacy of individuals from the expanded use of drones.

And, to what do you attribute the lack of enforcement?

We need rules in order to make sure that it is clearly understood what these drones can be used for.

But it is not being enforced, is that what----

It only takes one drone to fly into the path of one passenger plane in order to create one of the worst disasters in American aviation history.

It is the best of technologies and the worst of technologies simultaneously.

I can take conservative policies to the White House, to Washington, to restore the strength of our economy.

I just want to thank you personally for your work, for your focus on many of our shared priorities.