I just say that the Senator from Connecticut has a worthy amendment. We are all concerned about what is going on in Yemen. I would have hoped that we would not do it on this bill because we are trying to keep out a lot of riders and…

What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.

this afternoon, as most of us realize now, the Senate has begun debate on amendments to the fiscal year 2019 Defense-Labor-HHS appropriations bill. These are the two largest bills to come out of the Appropriations Committee as a whole…

I call up substitute amendment No. 3695. 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 3695.

today, the Senate begins debate on an appropriations package that I believe is absolutely essential to the strength and security of this Nation. The package before the Senate marries the two largest fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills…

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.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I want to say again that what we have been doing here, working together in a bipartisan way, is something that Senator Schumer and Senator McConnell were talking about hadn't been done basically in 30 years. We are on the right track. We…

I will be brief. I appreciate the Senator's amendment. On policy grounds, I would agree with Senator Cruz 100 percent. My position on this, though, is clear, and I have consistently voted to repeal ObamaCare and the individual mandate. So…

I thank Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer for their kind remarks. I hope my wife was listening to that. What the heck. We have been working together, and we have to continue that to make the process work, to reach out to each other…

I rise this afternoon to urge my colleagues to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment before us. In debating this measure over the past week, we voted on several amendments. We hope to include dozens more in a managers' package that we…

I see the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a fivefold increase in four years in this count of illegal immigration. So, yes, hopefully people will get the message.

I am pleased the gentleman's amendments were included in the bill, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1 minute…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1027 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1027 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo).

I rise to urge my colleagues to oppose the Paul amendment. While we all understand the desire to cut spending, the allocations in this package before us are based on caps that were set in a bipartisan budget agreement signed into law…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we have a skills crisis in our country. We actually have more job openings than we have unemployed Americans. This is keeping our economy from reaching full potential. So how do we solve…

Here is the thing. We have the Federal acquisition regulations for procuring goods and services.

you generally get what you expect to find and hold people accountable for, and that would apply to grantmaking.