Part of what brought this to mind was that Panama was able to take only 7 years from conception to completion on the Panama Canal expansion, while it would take the United States twice as long, sometimes three times as long to do projects.

I think there is the safer, affordable fuel-efficient vehicles rule that is going to retain the 2020 model year standards, and they are estimating that that could save $500 billion in societal costs and save almost 13,000 lives.

On Times Square, in particular, that is a great example of a proactive fix.

I think a later report said we would average saving over 4,200 lives a year if just 90 percent of occupants wore seatbelts.

It seems to me it makes sense to look at a way to consolidate these agencies and not have to spend as much money and get more bang for the buck.

The Opportunity Zone, which really is a Jack Kemp, I believe, idea, something he promoted decades ago, has now finally come to fruition.

Some of my colleagues are rightly concerned over climate change, and I share some of their concerns in that respect, that whatever we are investing in, we need to take that into account.

I am concerned as the father of two girls and one son. My first daughter, I bought her what I called a rolling airbag because of concerns for vehicle safety.

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Alabama.

these unanimous consent requests are political and, I believe, are not productive at the moment. We know that for two reasons. First, earlier this week, my Democratic colleagues rejected a disaster assistance package that contained…

I want to ask unanimous consent to enter a couple of things into the record.

I think Mueller should get the opportunity to testify before Congress, but what we -- it would be great if we can actually have a thoughtful, substantive conversation in Congress about the details of this report.

Stampede justice is dangerous. It's really dangerous. That's why there is a process.

I think he should comply. He makes his -- he shoots himself on the foot on these things by just trying to drag it out. He ought to put it together, comply, keep it compartmentalized and move on.

Let the process take hold. Let Barr go through the review, give it to Congress and then if they're not happy, let the fights begin.

You know, one of the problems that we found with this committee is that space was being starved in the Air Force.

It is not going to be starved anymore under this new construct, and it is going to get the kind of resources we need to be successful.

One of the problems that we found with this committee is that space was being starved in the Air Force.