Mr. President, the good news about the tax bill that I believe we will pass over the next few days is that it will go into effect on the first day of January and people will quickly see, no matter how loud others are talking, the exact…

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling), our distinguished chairman of the committee. I want to start by thanking the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Tenney), who has become a real advocate for small financial institutions and…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 672.

I just want to reiterate that this bill is about greater transparency and accountability among the banking regulators. The Federal Government should not be able to intimidate financial institutions into dropping entire sectors of the…

I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

Mr. President, last week I came to the floor to talk about why we needed to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. I am proud to say that the Senate has passed that bill. I expect the Senate to move to conference with the House this week, and I…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a military fellow in my office, Capt. Sam Burke, be granted floor privileges for the duration of my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 656. Personal Explanation

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr) for his continued commitment to issues surrounding the availability of affordable manufactured housing. He has been a patient champion on this and many other issues that impact Americans…

Mr. President, I thank my colleagues who are on the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Budget Committee for getting us to the point we are at today. I think we are approaching a vote to move to a full debate on the tax bill, which is…

Surely, the lesson of the last decade is that budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. Any new recession would break all deficit records. This bill makes the American worker…

Mr. President, for 8 years, working families have seen their wages stay pretty much exactly where they were and, in some cases, they have seen their wages go down and their income go down. I will say again that the goal of this tax…

A lot has been said today on the floor about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from my friends on the other side of the aisle. They think that this bill before us will make losers of the American workers or of the American economy. The truth is…

It is about time we ge something real done for the American people. The people of Missouri's Second District sent me to Washington to secure their jobs and to keep a little more of their hard-earned money, and at long last we are finally…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Klobuchar. We will continue to work on this. We are glad it is so well-received and these are issues our colleagues pay close attention to. Whether it is domestic or international, we are going to continue to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order until 2:15 p.m. today. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:19 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by…

Mr. President, Senator Klobuchar and I are here to talk about National Adoption Month. I think we started a little bit late, so by unanimous consent, I ask that we be allowed to extend our closing time by the same number of minutes. The…