a few moments ago, my friend from South Dakota was speaking about the bill. He made one statement that I do agree with, and that is, just because you say something over and over again does not make it true. Unfortunately, much of what he…

little more than a month ago, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was unveiled in the Senate. Just a few short weeks later, we are on the verge of passing a colossal bill, publicly available for just 4 days, that makes sweeping changes to every…

I thank the senior Senator from Connecticut for his words. The Senator from Connecticut is a former prosecutor who knows law enforcement backward and forward. I can only imagine the grief felt in his State. As a neighboring New England…

those of us who remember the massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, are reminded that last week was the 36th anniversary of that horrific tragedy. For those who are not aware, on December 11, 1981, Salvadoran soldiers, including an elite…

this week, the Federal Communications Commission--FCC--is preparing to give a giant, early Christmas present to a few, deep-pocketed telecom companies, as it prepares to repeal critical net neutrality protections. Net neutrality is the…

I ask unanimous consent that Nima Binara, a detailee on my Judiciary Committee staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

They have no restraints on what they can do?

Is it the case that at the end of that patent period that it is something given by public policy as incentive for doing the research any of your member companies have used legal maneuvers to extend that period of original exclusivity in…

Has a company in your organizational group, ever paid another company in return for not bringing their competing product to the market?

I am looking forward to hearing feedback from both the Department and VSO witnesses on three of these programs; IDES, BDD, and Quick Start.

Do I think under those considerations of Al Franken resigning, do I think the president should resign? I do.

I think you got a president who has some very serious emotional problems. To say that about a female United States senator is obscene.

The people of Alabama voted for a Senate candidate who said he would oppose this legislation. Their voices should be heard in this debate.

No. Look, Anderson, let us be clear, this tax bill was written for wealthy Republican campaign contributors.

I think there is significant truth to that and I think also there is another truth. In my view, too much of Democratic party money has gone to consultants, maybe too much to TV advertising and not enough to grassroots get out to vote…

If we can mobilize the American people to demand we have a government that works for all of us and not just the 1 percent, that we end the divisiveness that Trump has been advocating, I think we can win tremendous victories in 2018.

When people are prepared to get involved in the political process, stand up and fight, there is nothing that we cannot do and against all of the odds, Jones won because there was a very, very large turnout.

I think it's very significant. Not only because his victory in itself is important and Doug Jones coming to the Senate is very important. What Alabama was about last night was a tremendous amount of energy and a very high turnout.