Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and pay tribute to a champion of higher education in my district. For the last 12 years, Dr. Carol Mooney has honorably served as president of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She is…

I pulled up--this says it is copyright 2016--but a list of cities in Puerto Rico by population and by percent of government employees.

Mr. President, I wish to talk about Judge Scalia for a few minutes, and then I will address the vacancy on the Court. There is no question that the Supreme Court has lost a strong and thoughtful voice. No matter what issues the Justices on…

What kind of guidance do you give the Secretary of the Treasury on helping a gorgeous place like Puerto Rico, who continues to dig the hole while you are wanting to give advice on filling the hole?

It seems like what we have seen in Puerto Rico, they have dug themselves a hole and... they are needing help getting out of the hole.

Mr. President, I wish to address the Senate in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I have long been an advocate of Directed Energy weapons systems, and I am glad that technologies are beginning to transition out of the lab into operational units, such as the 30-kilowatt laser on the USS Ponce.

I want in the law that we're going to be on Mars by 2033.

we've spent a lot in the Middle East. We've spent a lot to keep Wall Street from collapsing.

Sometimes, you lose sight of those when you take shots at each other's party or each other's President.

I do not have a problem with the funding as long as it is blind funding.

Do you have the authority right now to go back to your office and implement the API standards for underground gas tanks starting now?

Yes, what he said. I pretty much agree with all of it, and I especially like the idea of getting a bill out this year.

Not a rule that takes 2 years to get passed because OMB does not do a damn thing.

I think that it is important for the process to have integrity.

I think we have reached the absolute bottom of the pit.

They spent a quarter of a billion dollars setting that up, and then now they are still doing it by hand.

It is a half a million backlogs right now. We don't have a system in place.