Making sure that Americans in need get the assistance they require, cannot and should not be a partisan matter.

Could I just ask you to supplement in writing any additional lessons learned, not an admission that you didn't do anything right, but sort of consistent with Congressman Ruiz's comments relative to what moving forward can be done in order…

Let me ask you this. Because I read a report somewhere that even though dialysis was available, they were cutting short the treatment time period from what it normally would be.

We've talked about dialysis before. Any other specialized treatments that are currently unavailable at various hospitals?

I know the State Department is underway with an analysis to determine whether what is happening in Burma's ethnic cleansing...

And there are about 600,000 that have fled by the most recent accounts?

Mr. Speaker, although the power of Congress to investigate is not set forth in any particular clause in the Constitution, congressional investigations trace their roots back to the earliest days of our Republic. In fact, what is thought to…

I find it a remarkable moment in our democracy when so many up here apparently can see and hear no evil when it comes to Russian interference with the American election process.

And therefore we have a right to protect ourselves from Boris and Natasha?

Do Boris and Natasha operating from the dacha in the outskirts of Moscow, trying to corrupt American democracy... do they have the unfettered First Amendment rights that anybody else does in the United States?

What could be more sacred than protecting everyone's franchise and the integrity of that process in a democracy?

The amendment is a simple amendment, folks. It is about transparency. Two years ago, the Senate passed a budget that added a laudatory requirement to have a Congressional Budget Office score for reconciliation legislation 28 hours in…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 1249. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.

Mr. President, I rise to speak about the President's action last week stepping away from certifying Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal that was negotiated between the U.S. allies and the nation of Iran. National security is about…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, since I had a few moments and I was trying to give courtesy to answer my colleague, for an additional 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Texas for his comment. Let me say where I might agree with some of Senator Cornyn's principles. I believe that we need a more simplified Tax Code. I believe that a goal of our Tax Code ought to put…

I am pleased to yield to my friend, the Senator from Texas, for a question as long as I still get a chance to finish my comments.

Mr. President, I rise to speak in favor of my amendment to strike language in this budget resolution that would exempt the $1.5 trillion tax reconciliation instructions from Senate rules that are meant to prevent this body from…