The administration has taken a very strong and clear position of requesting that that referendum be delayed on the theory that it could be very destabilizing right now.

They have not told us that they oppose the referendum; they oppose Kurds being on a path towards self-determination.

Then when you get to the high claim side, by providing reinsurance, what you are doing is you are providing a backstop.

CSR payments that is bailing out insurance companies.

That is correct.

Is not one of the reasons that many insurers are vacating the individual market is because they are worried about these high cost claims?

We've been in touch with a number of government officials, including Senator Warner who are looking into the 2016 U.S. presidential election. We will continue to cooperate with officials as their investigations continue.

Facebook, which basically denied any responsibility around our elections, by the time the French elections took place this spring, they actually took down 30,000 fake sites.

I would like to look into the activities of the Trump digital campaign.

Mr. President, for several years now I have regularly come to this floor to publicly acknowledge the contributions made by our great Federal employees. This is a tradition I inherited from one of our former colleagues, Senator Ted Kaufman…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 222 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

The time is right because the consequences are so severe: 16 million people lose insurance, 20 percent premiums compounding over the years, insurance markets skyrocketing and unstable, and Planned Parenthood defunded--the healthcare…

Mr. President, I also rise with my colleagues, tremendously moved by the powerful words of my friend from Hawaii: Why can't you show compassion to others that you showed to me? That is a haunting question, and I hope people will hear that…

Well, to respond, Mr. President, to my colleague from Oregon, one of the things we have seen in the first half year of this administration is, whatever job report comes out month to month--comes out at the beginning of each month, we are…

Mr. President, if I could just pick up on the comments of my colleague from Hawaii, we had a comical discussion 2 days ago in the Democratic caucus lunch. Comedy isn't that unusual in a caucus with Al Franken, but the comic discussion was…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes to close, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Stabenow, Baldwin, Kaine, Coons, King, Carper, Nelson, and Peters. There…