First of all, I have never come to the floor of the Senate--and previously of the House--as ill-prepared as today, but I want to follow up on something my friend from Utah just spoke about, and that is the attack on the innocent people in…

I rise today to mark the 130th birthday of the State of North Dakota. On November 2, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed the documents turning Dakota Territory into two States, North Dakota and South Dakota. In the 13 decades since…

first of all, thank you for your flexibility at the chair today. Appropriations Madam President, the purpose for rising today is to advocate on behalf of our military, the men and women who are the bravest in the world. I feel compelled to…

I thank the Senator from Arkansas for his work and also my other colleagues, those who have already spoken and the good Senator from Montana, who is going to speak right after. This really has been a bipartisan effort to make a difference…

I have a 12-year-old daughter; I have a 9-year-old son. There are schools across the country that are removing doors on bathroom stalls and banning hoodies. Teen vaping and youth vaping is a real issue. This bill is a small step forward to…

And just be clear, there was exactly one Democrat in the room when this started.

I want to participate in this hearing, but I also feel the need to be in the SCIF.

I have a real easy one. The oil industry is the second-largest industry in my state. My constituents expect me to be here.

I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to offer the following amendments: No. 961, No. 1019, and No. 1067. I further ask unanimous consent that no second-degree amendments be in order to these amendments prior to the votes and that at…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Carper). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise today to honor the life and patriotism of Radioman 2nd Class Floyd A. Wells. A native of Cavalier, ND, he answered the call to defend his country during World War II. At the age of 24, he made the ultimate sacrifice on December 7…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

reserving the right to object, I don't disagree with everything that is in the Senator's bill--far from it. I agree with much of it, but it does have several critical flaws, and it is not ready for prime time. In most, if not all, States…

I can't think of an issue where accountability matters more than when we are collecting DNA evidence to get convictions of violent sexual offenders and to give some semblance of justice. I am going to support the bill. I hope we get it…

Only in Congress can we fight about something that I think we all generally agree on. The bill the House is considering today will reauthorize the Debbie Smith grant program. I strongly support reauthorization. But this law has a 15-year…

it has been a year since the United States, Mexico, and Canada agreed to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, the replacement for NAFTA and the modernization for the NAFTA agreement that has been so important to all three of our…

I rise to support the USMCA--the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement--along with my colleagues. You heard a number of them already. You will hear more. It is compelling. It is time to act. We are ready to go. This legislation has to…

I thank the Senator from Oregon for his work and also express appreciation for the bipartisan approach to the appropriations bill. This is regular order. This is how we are supposed to do things. It is not just the Ag appropriations bill…