we are taking about somebody today who was actually a mentor for me right here in the U.S. Senate--Ted Stevens. I believe it was 33 years ago when I first met him--33 years ago--and I was in the House, and I was coming to the Senate. He…

Today the Democratic majority is not judging the President with fairness, but impeaching him with a vengeance. In the investigation of the President, fundamental principles which Americans hold dear, privacy, fairness, checks and balances…

Unfortunately, the Democrats continue to investigate the President in secret back rooms of the Capitol in the Intelligence Committee. If the Speaker believes that the Members of Congress can ultimately vote and impeach the President based…

Calling this a constitutional impeachment process is a farce and a gross misrepresentation of what is taking place. The entire process has flown in the face of precedent, procedure, and decency, with no regard whatsoever for the good of…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's record under ``Text of Amendments.'') Amendment No. 950 to…

this afternoon, I rise to urge my colleagues here in the U.S. Senate to support the pending cloture motion on H.R. 3055 so we can get the appropriations process moving. It is already day 22 of the current fiscal year. The entire Federal…

I call up the substitute amendment No. 948. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] proposes an amendment numbered 948.

This is something that really bothers me, is that we fund these projects, the money doesn't get spent, another storm hits, we appropriate more money, and we don't know yet what's been done to mitigate and provide relief from the previous…

But when you're talking about a small county and $15 million, it's not only a massive savings for the Federal Government...

I don't know about my colleague from North Carolina, but I can't understand why 3 years after a disaster we're still sitting on over $200 million when there are people in desperate need for it.

In Alabama, the debris removal cost was being handled through the Corps of Engineers. They were contracting it out to look like a single-bid contractor.

Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.

It is critical that Congress Act to investigate and legislate these activities that threaten to severely compromise the integrity of our elections.

After the 2013 decision in Shelby and after Alabama imposed its restrictive photo law, which no longer allowed a validly issued Federal ID, a Social Security card, to be presented to show proof of who you were in order to get your ballot…

In my home State, just one day after the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby, Alabama began to require photo identification to vote.

It is not only imperative that Congress restore the Voting Rights Act, but that it authorizes an Act that addresses the modern needs and political climate of the nation.

Congress has a critical opportunity to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

North Carolina... passed a sweeping voter suppression law that a Federal appeals court ultimately held to be unconstitutional, finding that it intentionally 'targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.'