I see nobody seeking the floor. I will speak briefly, but I would urge the Congress--both bodies--to heed the clear warnings of our intelligence community, and I urge them to take a meaningful step, an important step, toward defending our…

But the latter is exactly what this administration's trade policies have caused.

I totally agree with both the Senator from Alabama and the Senator from Maine. First, as they said, this violates the bipartisan agreement this body made and agreed with the President about the things we would do. Seventy-three thousand…

I simply say to the Senator from Alaska, in my having had the honor of serving here with both her father and with the former chair of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Stevens, that I hear her saying things that are very similar to…

Watching what was a 2 percent tariff on dairy products in China get hiked up to 27 percent is very distressing for Vermont.

I appreciate what the distinguished senior Senator from Illinois just said. I will speak about the same amendment. We will be offering this amendment. It does provide $250 million for State election security grants. It provides it to…

I ask unanimous consent that Bob Ross, a detailee from the Department of Agriculture; Ramsay Eyre, an intern at the Appropriations Committee; and Olivia Harris, an intern in my personal office, be granted floor privileges for the length of…

Deregulation won't get it done where there is no market opportunity.

I don't know whether there are others seeking the floor. I was going to suggest the absence of a quorum, but I see the distinguished senior Senator from Minnesota, and I yield to her. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.

There has got to be some mapping. There has got to be a bolstered Universal Fund.

I am pleased to join my friend, the senior Senator from Alabama, Chairman Shelby, as we prepare to debate the second set of appropriations bills to reach the Senate floor this session. Senator Shelby has noted that this is a change in…

Just last night, the Senate confirmed Secretary Wilkie's nomination.

I have been out and talked to some benefits folks and the RAMP program seems to work; it is convincing.

I thank the Democratic leader for his strong efforts on this enormously important issue. I want to reiterate that this really is not a Democratic resolution. If there is any resolution that should be bipartisan, this is it. My Republican…

the Senator from Kentucky just told us that he wants dialogue with Russia, he wants diplomacy with Russia, and that he thinks it is important that we communicate with Russia. I agree. Who disagrees with that? There is not one word in this…

I rise to speak about a matter of extraordinary importance to the future of American democracy and, in fact, democracies all over the world. At the Helsinki summit on Monday, President Trump embarrassed our country, undermined American…

as we all know, in this country, in 2016, the Russian Government weighed a covert, multifaceted criminal campaign to interfere in our elections. We now know it was intended to help then-Candidate Donald Trump win the Presidency. We don't…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we have a carbon tax. It is invisible, it is relentless, it is punitive, and it is entirely avoidable. According to NOAA, in 2017, the U.S. had 16 disasters with damage exceeding a billion…