Madam President, I want to thank Senator Kirk and Senator Tester for their outstanding work on this appropriations bill; Senator Murray for her cooperation and help on caregivers and so many programs in the committee; and Senator Collins…

Well, let me just give you the closing, and I will leave all the juicy parts for later on. We will talk about those in the press release. The story that should be read about this appropriations bill is we are not letting our veterans down…

Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to commend my colleagues in the House for passing a second National Defense Authorization Act, or the NDAA. The President's decision to veto Congress' first NDAA was nothing more than a cheap…

All of us up here agree we need to be good stewards of taxpayer money.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 449, beginning line 5, strike section 5501 relating minimum financial responsibility rulemaking. The…

Madam Chair, this is a bad amendment that hurts the public interest, and for that reason I would ask that my colleagues vote along with me to disapprove of this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Chair, on rollcall Nos. 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Pompeo The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment and title 61 of the underlying bill, which adopts the text of S. 280, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act. Before addressing my…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to speak in support of my amendment to H.R. 22. Minimum insurance requirements for trucks have remained the same since the 1980s. Currently, it is $750,000. Healthcare costs have skyrocketed. For example…

Mr. President, 36 years ago today, 53 Americans in the American Embassy in Tehran were captured, beaten, held hostage, and tortured. As I speak on the floor of the Senate today, in the streets of downtown Tehran, Iranian people are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Chair recognize the Senator from Montana, Mr. Daines, followed by Senator Whitehouse, followed by Senator Isakson. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

I think we probably would, and that is why I brought it up, and I look forward to that. We are hear to talk about the rule for the waters of the United States undertaken by the EPA. When I started working this afternoon and preparing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Chair recognize Senator Whitehouse from Rhode Island, followed by Senator Isakson, and then Senator Daines. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. President, I appreciate the words of the distinguished Senator from Rhode Island, and I always enjoy his speeches, whether I am on the floor or watching him back in my office. He is an articulate spokesman for what he believes, which…

Are we doing what we should be doing in Tunisia to support the balance toward tolerance, as you say, and inclusion?

The Senator from Montana is going to preside at 6:30 p.m., so I think he is the one who will need to go, and I will go after the Senator from Rhode Island.

I believe that if we can help other countries develop their agriculture, then I believe that country will be a friend for life.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Woody Woodside for his outstanding service with the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce. Over the last 30 years as president of the chamber of commerce, Woody has dedicated his life to the…