I would prefer if we went in the other direction and we doubled down on it and we really tried to deal with the repeated assaults on people's voting rights.

I think it is absolutely essential if we are going to proceed with dissolving the Election Assistance Commission.

We certainly don't want to turn a blind eye to the fact that there was cyber sabotage, cyber espionage, and an attempt to derail the electoral process.

The Ranking Member's idea of reforming the Election Assistance Commission dealing with whatever problems have come up makes a lot more sense than simply scrapping it altogether.

I add my voice in support of the Ranking Member's amendment in the nature of a substitute.

I think it would send a dangerous message to the people of the United States and to the world for us now to essentially abolish the only Federal agency we have tasked with looking at the problems in our election system.

Mr. President, I rise to speak about the nominee for the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos. I cannot vote for her confirmation. The mission of the Department of Education, as mentioned, ``is to promote student achievement and…

Mr. President, my parents met when they were graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1960s when they were active in the civil rights movement. In fact, my sister and I joke that we grew up surrounded by a bunch…

Mr. President, the suggestion that reciting the words of the great Coretta Scott King would invoke rule XIX and force Senator Warren to sit down and be silent is outrageous.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding to me. The gentleman just brought up an interesting point. It is true that in the Netherlands, when they reviewed their experience, they found that just legalizing…

Well, you should expect to hear from President Trump this afternoon.

I have not seen unions work so hard to try to come up with solutions anywhere than the postal unions.

I thank you for picking up where we left off and making the bill a better bill.

I believe that Congress must act now and we must act right now to help put the Postal Service on a sustainable path forward.

Mr. Chairman, you made a very strong commitment at the end of last year, end of the term.

Mr. President, I wish to start by responding to my new colleague. I respect my colleague. We have worked together on many issues, the Senator from Alaska and I. I think he would agree it is very important that the American people, the…

the bottom line is, what is the appropriate authorization for the use of force by Congress?

I think there is general consensus here that we do not want to see U.S. military in a sustained ground combat operation.