throughout our Nation's history, young Americans have left the comfort and security of home in order to preserve our freedom and to extend the blessings of freedom to others. We set aside Veterans Day to express our gratitude. One such…

This conversation has to include a discussion about the responsibility of community leaders and college administrators to use their own voices to speak out against hate and refuse to normalize racist or otherwise bigoted viewpoints.

I am pleased to join with my colleague and friend Senator Cantwell to discuss a new GAO report on the cost of climate change. As our Nation begins to recover and rebuild from the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate, as…

So far the Russians aren't paying any price for what they did to our country last year, and they should.

If you're independent minded and willing to take your own position on particular issue and try to reach out and solve problems, that can cost you your seat politically, and that's a dangerous place for us to be in.

Ultimately this is the responsibility of the White House, and I hope and believe that it will be implemented in short order.

I rise not in opposition to the amendment but to compliment the Senator for bringing this issue forward. I intend to support the amendment, but I just want to make the point that this is a broader issue in that we are going to have to…

Part of the problem also is we tend to want to keep secret what we can do when, in reality, a secret deterrent is not a deterrent.

Right now, we are not imposing much in the way of consequences.

My mind is racing, but I think prudence dictates no response.

There have to be consequences, otherwise everybody is going to come after us, not just Russia, but North Korea, Iran, and terrorist organizations.

I think you fellows understated one important point, and I do not understand why the representative from the White House is not here because I think he has a reasonable story to tell.

I want to just associate myself with the comments and questions that were made by Senator Inhofe and I think Senator Shaheen about open source software and some of the policy discussions we are having here.

If all we do is try to patch networks and defend ourselves, we will ultimately lose.

I listened with interest to the comments of the Senator from Pennsylvania, and as always he was articulate and thoughtful and made a strong case. I would like to speak to the issue we are going to be addressing over the next few days, the…

there has been a great deal of discussion about what the appropriate tax rate should be for large corporations. That is important because we want them to create jobs right here in America and not overseas. Let us not forget the true engine…

there has been a great deal of discussion about what the appropriate tax rate should be for large corporations-- so-called C corps. That certainly is important because we want to make sure that those large businesses are creating jobs here…

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the chairman of the Budget Committee for his cooperation and support as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.