the Senator is very kind, and time is not that pressing. I am actually expecting two or three colleagues, and perhaps we will engage in a colloquy after that. I do appreciate my friend's courtesy. Climate Change

I urge the Senate to approve the Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018. This legislation is more than a continuing resolution to sustain government operations at current levels through March 23. It incorporates a 2-year…

We are concerned that directing DHS essentially to take over where the Commission left off could distract the Department from its pressing obligation to protect U.S. election systems from foreign interference.

It is unclear how the Department will carry out this charge given that the Commission never produced any findings.

We are getting dangerously to the point, really, where the members of the majority party are going to have make a decision about changing the rules.

It is well taken, we have a duly elected and constituted President of the United States. And he is entitled to put his team into place.

The Army has reached an inflection point: We can no longer afford to choose between improving our existing systems and developing new ones. We must do both.

Good morning. I want to thank Chairman Donovan and Ranking Member Payne, Jr. for their on-going to commitment to improving National preparedness and ensuring that our constituents have the information they need to stay safe when disaster…

Within a year of the storm, President Bush directed FEMA to accelerate the integration of modernize the aging Emergency Alerts System and leverage new technologies into its alerts and warnings platform, the Integrated Public Alerts and…

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, we saw first-hand how the lack of a modern National emergency alert capability complicated the immediate response and recovery in the gulf States.

When it comes to transportation security, aviation security dominates the conversation throughout the Government, but given the diversity of today's terrorist landscape, it is well past time for the conversation to expand.

the Senator from Nebraska has generously allowed me to intrude on her time for a half a minute to say that I strongly support this legislation--the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Science is on our side in supporting this…

I ask unanimous consent that all time be yielded back on both sides and the Senate proceed to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the James nomination?

Thank you, and I might point out that Senator Blumenthal is a co-sponsor of that, and I appreciate his bipartisan support for this.

This is a balanced, completely bipartisan bill that would fully protect both the entitlement of Amateur Radio volunteers...

The House version of this Bill, H.R. 555 passed the House unanimously in January of 2017.

We have heard concerns about the costs of this, but we have also heard that, with the development of sensors to detect the presence of other vehicles, we might as well go ahead and spend the extra $30 to $50 to incorporate heat-detection…

we can do more to streamline nominations, and we can do more to prevent the next budget stand-off. I want to remind my colleagues of the bipartisan work that has been done by Senate Appropriations members--Republican and Democratic--in…