I ask unanimous consent that Mike Lawliss from my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day on S.J. Res. 7. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

let me begin by thanking Senator Mike Lee and Senator Chris Murphy for their hard work on this important resolution--work which, in fact, has gone on now for several years. Today is an extremely important day. Today we in the Senate have…

it has been more than 5 months since journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi was tortured and murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. More than 5 months since the Saudi Government initially denied it had anything to do…

If you have specific suggestions about how any of these bills can be improved, I think that would be of great interest to our committee because we want to get this right.

How does it serve the public for the government agencies to subsidize these data bases?

I just want to mention again that the BLOCKING Act is a perfect example of us working in a bipartisan fashion.

All I was interested in, when I drew the bottom line, was how much of a check do I have to write you all, and that check keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I think colleges are going to have to rethink, with all of the technology that is on this PDA I have got in my hand right here, I can learn a lot at no cost.

It sounds like a rip-off, actually.

77 percent finish on time, 97 percent are placed in a job, and 100 percent graduate with no debt.

I don't like litigation, all right? It just--it is the last resort.

In Tennessee, we have decided that education had to be affordable for our citizens.

You can now go to community college in our State for free.

the various proposals that are under consideration today would not, in your view, adversely affect innovation?

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It is kind of exciting to be here because we are actually on the threshold of doing something, and that is something that eludes us in Congress, so it is nice to show up for work today.

So if you have specific suggestions about how any of these bills can be improved, I think that would be of great interest to our committee because we want to get this right.

The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 requires agencies to establish procedures for identifying records of general interest that are appropriate for public disclosure.

We have got an opportunity, bipartisan, to finally tackle the rip-off pricing in the pharma system.