I know the sincerity, the concern that you have. You have expressed that.

Mr. President, since Friday, my State and DC offices have been flooded with calls from concerned constituents regarding President Obama's latest unilateral action directing public schools and colleges to allow transgender kids into the…

what Senator Gillibrand is asking for, demanding, has not received a satisfactory response, in my opinion, and that is why I support her amendment.

I want to say you mentioned brownfields. Of course, that is one of the things we are acting on right now.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. President's Policy on Transgender Access to School Bathrooms

I anticipate we are going to have a big crowd that is going to make sure that history doesn't repeat itself

When we make it safe, we make it acceptable.

There are some areas other than the East Coast and Alaska that have beaches.

And particularly those critters, because they teach them to clap, and they show and demonstrate affection.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my colleague's amendment to this important bill. This amendment would make sure that rural and tribal areas receive the funding they need to combat the growing drug use epidemic. My district is very…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Zika Virus

Mr. President, I wish to spend a couple of moments to talk about the Zika virus and our response from Congress to it. There has been a lot of conversation about the Zika virus, both in the media and in a multiple of our committees for…

Right. And so you are thinking there are 2,500 or so that are going through the process.

I do share Senator Heitkamp's concern on this that the more that we go outside the structure and the system, the more exposed that we are and the more exposed the taxpayer is to some sort of litigation so we have a class action suit coming…

We are talking about, I think, a significant exposure for a class action suit once it is all said and done.

Thank you, Mr. Kennedy. Thank you to all of our witnesses for their testimony today.

Yet, the agency has been unable to hire sufficient numbers of approved ALJs to tackle the rising backlog of cases--a backlog which topped 1 million last year and, may I say, in my own State of Oklahoma around 13,000.

But is it your expectation at this point that 30 percent of the folks--or 30 percent of the individuals will say, 'I do not want to do a video conference,' and these new AAJs are going to have to travel to those locations?