Continuing as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 21. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant bill…

If this unanimous consent request cannot be entertained, I urge the Speaker and the Majority Leader to immediately schedule a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act so that we can protect the sanctity of human life. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 70) was agreed to…

Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 25, S. Res. 70. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant bill…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, on February 13 the Rules Committee approved S. Res. 70, which authorizes funding for the Senate's committees from March 1, 2019, through February 28, 2021. For this 24-month period, the 18 committees covered by this…

Thank you, Mr. President. One of those items was an enrolling correction and the other was funding for committees. Our committees are beginning to do their work, and this makes it, obviously, appropriate and possible for them to do that…

Mr. President, I just listened to the other debate on the floor, and it reminded me of the fact that our friends on the other side of the aisle introduced a resolution calling on the Federal Government to adopt what they call the Green New…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if we, indeed, defeat the previous question, we will allow consideration of H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. I introduced this legislation because the Constitution…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cuellar). The gentleman from Missouri has 4 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 7\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I might remind my colleagues that Title 10, Section 2808, explicitly authorizes the President to change the appropriation for military construction. He is operating within the law. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

Let's be clear: Congress explicitly authorized the President to undertake certain military construction projects that are not otherwise authorized by law when it passed the National Security Act. The President is working within the legal…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 22 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 22\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I might point out to my colleagues just how much of a national emergency this is. {time} 1600 It was President Obama who recognized the crisis at the border. In 2014, President Obama requested $3.7 billion in emergency supplemental funding…

May I inquire the amount of time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 16\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 18 minutes remaining.

Mr. President, the Committee on Rules and Administration has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 116th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Klobuchar…

I want to thank my good friend and colleague, the gentlewoman from Indiana, Jackie Walorski. We are classmates and came in to Congress almost 7 years ago. I am so grateful to her for pulling this Special Order together tonight to talk…