Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 307, Paula Xinis, nominee for the District of Maryland; that the Senate proceed to vote without…

Thank you again. Thanks for your leadership.

I want us to be helpful to you. You have a tough job, and we want to make sure that we are being helpful to you and to the folks you lead.

I thought that was shameful.

That is what my father would call 'good common sense.'

I have some concern about what seems to be some serious understaffing issues at CBP.

I feel confident that Hillary will be the nominee, and I feel confident she'll be the next president.

I think we need a national policy. Whoever is our next President, I think, should lead it.

I call those force multipliers.

I think the fight against terrorism across Africa is every bit as urgent and every bit as large in scale as it is in the Middle East.

I think one of our challenges is to remain appropriately focused on the difficulties of developing a sustained strategic framework for engaging with extremism and violence on the continent while still recognizing the significant growth…

If we do not fund our values--and our values essentially are around democracy and space for opposition parties and for journalists--they draw conclusions.

African soldiers are fighting and dying against terrorism in Somalia, in Nigeria, in Mali, and we are providing critical support, training, funding, and resources.

I appreciate Senator Markey raising concerns about DRC and their shrinking space for elections.

I'm anticipating, he'll ask me to be vice president.

Good afternoon, Mr. President. For more than a year now, as the Presiding Officer knows since he has had the good fortune--or bad fortune of drawing the short straw--of sitting there when I come to the Senate floor just about every month…

Mr. President, just a short note. I think it is important, especially for those who are privileged to live in the First State--the first State to ratify the Constitution. Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787, before any…