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Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Michigan, the distinguished chairman of the Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments Subcommittee, for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, what we are here talking about today is opportunity. We are not…
it seems a bit backward to me as we mainly end-up funding mitigation projects only after a disaster occurs.
Mr. President, I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…
Mr. President, when his nomination comes to the floor next week, I will vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. This is my first time voting on a Supreme Court nominee, and I don't take the decision lightly. It is a lifetime…
Mr. President, I returned last week from the Middle East, where several colleagues and I spent the weekend meeting with leaders and security officials in Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel. As usual, the men and women who assisted us were…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Captain John Joseph Kearney, who passed away on Pearl Harbor Day last year at the too-young age of 62. After graduating just 2 years before me at Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate the outstanding achievements of four young men in my district. The Hermitage, Arkansas, FFA Forestry team not only placed first in Arkansas but also won the 37th annual National 4-H…
Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 202. Personal Explanation
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding rule XXII, all postcloture time on Executive Calendar No. 1, the Montenegro treaty, be expired; that all pending amendments be withdrawn, the resolution of ratification be…
I do not know if you are a Republican, a Democrat, or whatever; I could care less.
As a former member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and now part of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I understand the importance of infrastructure investment.
Like many Americans I am encouraged by the Trump administration's commitment to improving our Nation's crumbling infrastructure, following the example set by President Dwight Eisenhower in establishment of the interstate highway system.
Having clean water as part of that larger bill I think would be a tremendous investment.
What we urge you all to do--and you will have our support--is whatever infrastructure bill comes out, make sure water is included in it.
It is clear that infrastructure investment boosts our economy, creates immediate jobs, and produces decades of economic opportunity.
What we are trying to do is get a smooth transition.