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Mr. President, most people are not familiar with the Jefferson-Lincoln Awards, but they are given out every year to different people, Democrats and Republicans, usually to people who are in public life. One of the recipients was Bob…
While she is still here, I want to congratulate the Senator from Alaska and the chair of the Energy Committee on being named one of the recipients of the Jefferson-Lincoln Award this year in California and just say how proud I was to sit…
Mr. President, I come to the floor maybe once a month when we are in session to talk about folks who are a part of the team at the Department of Homeland Security. There are about 225,000 of them. What I do every month is pick on a couple…
Mr. President, I rise to address a pending change to privacy protection contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But before I proceed to the details, the sometimes wonky details of what we actually do here legislatively, let me…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business on a matter related to privacy protection, to be succeeded by Senator Ron Wyden and, if he arrives during the time of our remarks, by Senator Daines. The…
I like that, 'Back in the black.' Maybe that could be our slogan here.
the GAO report argues the other way, that rural communities are even more dependent on the Postal Service than other parts of the country.
The Postal Service has a major problem with service performance.
But we are considering Mr. Taub's and Mr. Acton's nominations at what is a very challenging time for the Postal Service.
It is imperative, in my view, then that we take swift action on these nominees before the end of this year due to the pending critical work on rates before the Commission.
you cannot fix a problem you will not admit you have.
It is bad enough that we have a Board of Governors that has just one slot filled out of, gosh, roughly 10, and we do not want to repeat the same mistake here with respect to the Postal Regulatory Commission.
Tell us what the rules are going to be. Give us some flexibility, give us a reasonable amount of time, and get out of the way.
I do not foresee the demise of the Postal Service by any means within the short term.
He is thoroughly unprepared and unqualified to be the Commander in Chief of the United States of America.
This man is thoroughly unqualified based on his conduct, his abuse of power, and his lack of sustentative knowledge, just the minimum amount of knowledge needed to be president of the United States of America. So I'm finished with Donald…
He said because I'm famous, because I'm a star, because I'm a billionaire. I can do things other people can't. What a disgusting assertion for anyone to make.