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Tariffs are a tool the president enjoys because it’s personal power.

I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vote on Meador Nomination The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Meador nomination?

Given the combination of the slowdown in labor force growth due to reduced immigration and the combined effects of uncertainty and tariffs, I now expect real GDP growth will slow considerably from last year’s pace, likely to somewhat below…

Reserving the right to object, my colleague Senator Duckworth is a brave veteran of our Nation's War on Terror, and Senator Blumenthal as well served, as did many of us. And I don't think there is any disagreement that we want the absolute…

I thank Chairman Hill for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor. The bill we have before us today reverses perhaps the most misunderstood rulemaking in financial services. On its face, you may look at a…

I ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Glass nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

This has been a rubber stamp Congress so far.

We’ve kicked the can long enough.

The math doesn’t add up.

I rise today to honor an esteemed, great Montana leader: Dr. Waded Cruzado. Dr. Cruzado has served as the beloved president of Montana State University, my alma mater, since 2010. In fact, three of our four children graduated from Montana…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Montana has many mottos, official and unofficial: The Last Best Place, Big Sky Country, the Treasure State. This last one recognizes the rich natural resources we have in the great State…

This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.

This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.

Somebody f---ed up.

I expect GDP growth this year to step down from last year's pace in part because of a slowdown in labor force growth due to lower immigration rates.

where was the Democrat outrage when 8,000 Active-Duty Reserve troops were unceremoniously and with no due process fired out of the military without benefits? Where was the outrage when thousands of first responders and police officers…

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.

I would say two things. Number one this administration has totally blown the opportunity to make government more efficient by going in with a -- with a -- with a meat cleaver and just hack up agencies.