The FAA recently introduced a pilot program to explore the use of drones far beyond the line-of-sight operations in limited cases.

I, like Senator Fischer, have heard many stories from my state about the need for better broadband access.

If they don't have that ability, they're just not going to be able to do their work basically.

Last question, Mr. Knopf. The Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council has been working with local farmers to test innovative conservation approaches.

I think when you have someone in this kind of a prominent race, this was pointed out earlier on your program, people decide it matters to come forward.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Rhode Island, Senator Whitehouse, for his leadership. He has never given up on this, and he will never give up. We have many important issues ahead, one of which I am going to address--climate…

Mr. President, I want to turn to two topics today. First, the good news is that all of the members of the Senate Rules Committee have come together on a mandatory sexual harassment training resolution that has been submitted with broad…

I think that these women -- you ask why they didn't come forward before. Well, of course, they thought something like this would happen. But at some point people decide the stakes are too high.

There is a good candidate that we have, Mr. Jones who, in fact, is a former U.S. attorney, a prosecutor, someone running on trust, someone running on his record, someone who is talking about things that matter to the people of Alabama like…

If I were him, I'd step down. And that's something he's going to have to decide. And the Republican Party is going to have to decide.

And to me, what's happening right now is people are telling their stories. But what matters is what happens next.

It was actually quite enlightening to work on that because I had men working on it as well like Senator Grassley of Iowa a Republican and Senator Shelby and others.

Mr. Speaker, I was absent for rollcall No. 622 (on the passage of H.R. 2201). Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on this vote. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 14, strike ``The transactions'' and insert the following: ``(1) In…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the amendment I am offering today will enhance antifraud and consumer protections for small businesses and startups seeking to take advantage of the micro offering…

Mr. Speaker, I will close at this point. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the ranking member for her encouragement and her compliments, and I want to just point out that the Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act was actually improved as a direct…

Mr. Speaker, while government isn't meant to create jobs, with the help of the President, Congress can set Federal policies that establish a pro-worker, pro-business environment that lifts people out of poverty, helps families, and drives…

Mr. Speaker, the time has come for Congress to come together and help small businesses help themselves by making this important update and improvement to the Securities Act of 1933. I want to thank Chairman Hensarling; Capital Markets…