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, I have 10 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

I thank Chairman Hensarling for his leadership on this issue. I also want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Emmer) for taking a lead on this important legislation. As an elected official, I have the opportunity to interact with…

Mr. President, this coming week will mark Veterans Day. It is an important time for us to reflect on what veterans do for us and what their families do for us. The sacrifices of both those who serve and those who support those who serve…

I thank the chairman of the Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments Subcommittee, my friend and colleague, Mr. Huizenga, for his support. Mr. Speaker, first, I also wish to thank the ranking member and Congressman Foster for his…

Mr. President, this week we are moving to confirm four Federal circuit judges. Because of that, it is a good week to talk about the critical role the judiciary plays and actually about the unique power our Constitution gave the courts to…

Mr. President, I am here today to join my colleague from Indiana in support of the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As we all know, that is the highest court you can serve on…

Mr. President, yesterday in the middle of the day, the Presiding Officer and I and the Senator from Texas and others had a chance to meet with the President and talk about tax relief. It seemed to me very clear that the President and those…

The world is an ugly place right now. It seems that at every turn there is another crisis--another barrier to peace and prosperity, another obstacle to fight, or another cross to bear. More of our citizens, women, children, and grandkids…

Mr. President, let me first agree with the point that the Senator from South Carolina just made about the importance of passing a tax bill this year. He made the point--and if he didn't, I will make it--that if we don't pass a tax bill…

Mr. President, I am not aware of any Missouri constituents, for whom I work, who wouldn't like to see a tax code that was simpler, fairer, that did more to create jobs, that was better for individuals, and one that they understood. I don't…

Today I rise because our family will welcome its first grandchild in the coming months. This is her 17-week ultrasound, and I cannot wait to meet her. This child is already known by her mother, Julia, quoting Psalm 139: ``For You created…

Mr. President, when the Senator from West Virginia talked about the 40 percent that can come out of your hard work, the 2 days a week of a regular 5-day workweek--and many families are wishing they could get back to a 5-day workweek…

Mr. President, we are looking at an outline for tax reform that helps working families in ways that those families haven't seen for almost a decade now--a decade of buying power that didn't go up and obligations that did, with more…

I thank the chairman for his leadership and support. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 311, the resolution I was honored to introduce with my colleague Representative Castro, to commemorate the Association of South East Asian…

Mr. President, I want to talk about healthcare and what it means to families and what it means to communities. It is the most personal thing that families deal with. Every family knows that at some point they are going to deal with not one…

I regrettably missed votes on Thursday, September 14, 2017. I had intended to vote ``yes'' on rollcall vote 516, ``no'' on vote 517, ``no'' on vote 518, ``no'' on vote 519, ``yes'' on vote 520, ``yes'' on vote 521, ``yes'' on vote 522…

Mr. President, I join my colleague Senator Thune in talking about the Defense Authorization Act, which is the bill that is before the Senate right now. The preamble to the Constitution says that one of the purposes of the founding of the…