I join Mr. Gray's family in urging all the protestors, or those who do protest, to do so peacefully.

I think this is a step in the right direction, but these new guidelines do not apply to the TSA, Customs and Border Protection, which are DHS agencies.

Mr. President, I come before the Senate today to vote and to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of confirming Loretta Lynch as Attorney General. I disagree with my colleague from Texas. I serve on the Judiciary Committee, as does the…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize my chief of staff, Rose Baumann, and to pay tribute to her hard work on behalf of the people of Minnesota as a member of my staff for the past 9 years. For anyone who has met Rose, it will come as…

Mr. President, I first of all want to thank Senator Cornyn. We have been working on these bills for over 1 year. I want to thank Senator Leahy and Senator Grassley for their leadership on the Judiciary Committee, Senator Murray for her…

Mr. President, I come to the Senate floor to thank my colleagues and to ask for their support for our first amendment, Klobuchar amendment No. 296. I understand it is going to be by voice vote, and it is something I have worked on for a…

I really do not want that to happen again.

Mr. President, I am speaking in favor of the Klobuchar-Cornyn amendment No. 296. This is a very important policy amendment. It basically encourages States across the country--we already have 15 States doing this--not to prosecute victims…

Whose constituents care a lot about weather, especially when it is 41 below zero without wind chill, and that happened this year.

Mr. President, I am very happy today that we have reached an agreement. I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership, and Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, and Senator Cornyn. The two of us have worked on this issue for years. Finally…

Additionally, it is essential that any changes to the export inspections regime do not upset the existing process, which is both efficient and meets the needs of growers, producers, and distributors, as well as customers.

As the House Committee on Agriculture considers reauthorization of expiring provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act (GSA) in the coming weeks, we respectfully request that any legislation considered by the Committee maintains…

the Washington State Delegation, in a bipartisan manner, unanimously sent a letter and said the system works, don't mess up the system, just address it so that we have a safeguard in there in case this situation arises.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you all for your testimony.

I fully expect this cross-section of views will promote a vigorous debate, and that is what we are here to do.

It must be the gold standard as it has always been.

I would also make the case that I do think we need to learn from what happened in Washington, but I would caution us not to upset a very good and functional system over that incident.

Well, again, I thank the Chairman and our witnesses.