I am an institutionalist. I believe in this place. I love this place. People don't always like the rules or how they are interpreted, how they are administered, but the rules have historically differentiated the Senate from any other…

As we have spent many hours debating whether Mrs. DeVos is the best person to head our Department of Education, my question is, Do you think Betsy DeVos is the best prepared, the best experienced, and the best committed person to lead as…

I have served with Jeff Sessions throughout my time in the Senate and respect him very much as a colleague. I come to the floor of the Senate today not to decide whether Jeff Sessions is doing a good job as the Senator from Alabama, for…

I assume I will be able to resume my comments after the majority leader's statement? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wish to tell a story about Evelyn, a young woman I met from Molokai, which is a small rural island in the State of Hawaii. It is the kind of place that has one radio station, one high school, and everybody knows everybody. Of course…

I thank the ranking member of the HELP Committee, the senior Senator from Washington. You can trace the history of public education in America to the Original Thirteen Colonies. In 1635, boys in Boston could get a free education, and by…

why are we even debating the nomination of a person who clearly does not believe in our Nation's public schools? No matter whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, no matter what part of the country you live in, whether rural…

Yes, I will. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. Nomination of Neil Gorsuch

I am deeply concerned about efforts underway to use the Congressional Review Act to eliminate protections that have saved lives and cleaned up our environment. I certainly respect the views of my friend and colleague from North Dakota, but…

back on the topic of the evening: the Congressional Review Act action to overturn the SEC's rule. I am just kind of at a loss for words. There are people back home asking how politics is going, and they have a certain set of assumptions…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator withhold her suggestion?

it hasn't even been 2 weeks, and President Trump has already demonstrated that he has little tolerance for independent thinking and dissent. He has his own version of reality, which is why his administration resorts to alternative facts…

I rise to speak on the stream protection rule. One of the first things we learn as kids is that if you make a mess, you are responsible to clean it up. It is good manners, but it is also a matter of ethics. It is about doing the right…

we would really want to work with you as World War II Filipino veterans are dying on a daily basis.

American history has been shaped by U.S. Secretaries of State. Secretary Dean Acheson guided the United States through the Cold War. Secretary Madeleine Albright proved that diplomacy does not depend on gender and that protecting refugees…

On Friday at 8 p.m., President Trump signed an Executive Order banning refugees and anyone from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the United States.

Government can serve as either an enabler or an inhibitor to achieving the IoT's promise.

We've sent a message to the world which is very strong, that the welcome mat is being pulled away.