Thank you for being here.

The Choice has really been very effective in Arkansas.

Reserving the right to object, I feel like Yogi Berra when he said ``It's deja vu all over again.'' Just 18 hours ago, the Senator from New York and I stood here, and he made the exact same request, and I objected to it. And I will object…

Mr. President, I want to express my support for Rex Tillerson to be our next Secretary of State. Mr. Tillerson is one of the most distinguished businessmen in the world. His reputation precedes him. I don't have to recount for all of you…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arkansas is recognized.

Mr. President, I object to the first request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Is there objection to the second request of the Democratic leader?

Mr. President, so once again we are hearing the Democrats and the media traffic in fake news. We heard a lot on this floor and over the weekend about a Muslim ban. This is a so-called Muslim ban that applies only to seven countries, and it…

Mr. President, I reserve the right to object. If the Democratic leader wants to proceed.

I urge you not only to advance his nomination, but also to do so as soon as possible.

Mr. President, I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has 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, today I urge all Senators to confirm Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mike is a distinguished Congressman, a successful businessman, an Army veteran, and he is my friend. I served with Mike for 2…

The way I see it, the Director's job is to give the President the unvarnished truth.

Mick will treat every taxpayer dollar as if it were his own.

I want to add my voice in support of confirming Mick Mulvaney as the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Under your leadership can we expect EPA to be more transparent, in other words, how the rules are being developed, the science behind them?

For the past 8 years, EPA has acted as a political arm of the Obama administration time and time again.

In recent years EPA has made it increasingly difficult for Arkansas to manage its delegated national pollutant discharge elimination system.

For the president, especially a president who's made so much recently about the danger that WikiLeaks has posed to our national security, to commute Private Manning's sentence, I think it's very disappointing.