It is not just the coastal States that we are interested in.

We are, in Oklahoma, America's most inland warm water port.

We are going to tell the whole world that we are navigable in Oklahoma.

I can't think of any place else in government where you have to ask permission to let the private sector pay for something.

It is not going to happen unless somebody does something.

There is a variety. We can get together and decide what we want to do on a State level.

Yes, well, my time is expired, but that is something we need to address.

Madam President, it is an interesting conversation we can finally have about immigration. This has been that topic which has been discussed for a while but not settled. For 20 years, this body has talked about solving some of our…

Mr. President, maybe my colleagues have heard through public and private conversations over the past year that I believe the Senate is moving gridlock from here on Capitol Hill to all across the city and across the Nation. The reason for…

Madam President, let me mention something that is very significant to me personally. I remember it was 2 years ago today that I picked up USA TODAY, and in a USA TODAY article, they singled out my State of Oklahoma and said that we are not…

Madam President, let me make a comment to the Senator from West Virginia. One of the problems we have right now is that during the last administration, there was a war on fossil fuel--which includes coal and nuclear also--and some of the…

Mr. President, President Trump's commitment to our veterans is only matched by his commitment to our servicemembers and our national security. You can't really segregate it out and say, well, we are going to take care of our veterans'…

We have been over to the Democrat side; we have had private meetings on the floor. And we have been successful in the past.

Mr. President, there is one last thing I want to say that is on a little different subject. Today is a very special day. Today, a little girl named Kay and I got married a long time ago. These are our kids and grandkids. Today is December…

Mr. President, that is not what I am here to talk about today. I would like to speak about someone who--I will put it this way: Way back in the 1950s, back when Eisenhower was President, three giants came to Washington, DC. Two of the…

First of all, Mr. President, as to my very good friend from Virginia--and he is a very good friend--I think he needs to reread this bill. Now, I am older than he is and most of the people around here, but I do remember the Reagan tax cuts…

I also ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks of the Senator from Virginia, I be recognized for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Virginia…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein, equally divided, until 3 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.