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Mr. President, like my colleague from the great State of Alaska, I also rise in support of the confirmation of Congressman Ryan Zinke to be our Nation's next Secretary of the Interior. There has been a lot of discussion about Congressman…
Mr. President, we have the nomination of Representative Ryan Zinke to be the Secretary of the Interior as the business before the body today, and I wish to spend a few moments this afternoon speaking about him, his qualifications, and why…
I thank my chairman, Mr. McClintock, and the ranking member for her work on this legislation. Much has been explained about it. This is a good piece of legislation. I am not going to take a great deal of time, but it shows that we can work…
Madam President, I rise in support of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and I think it is important, as we are continuing this debate, to make a couple of things perfectly…
I thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) for bringing this legislation to the floor. H.J. Res. 69 is very simple. It overturns an illegal rule by the Obama administration--an illegal rule. This House created the State of Alaska in…
Under the decorum of the House, I won't call it bull. I will just say it is a lot of misinformation and outright story tales, the information conveyed to these gentlemen and the ladies from The Humane Society. That is what it is. There is…
Mr. President, in the past month, I have come to the floor to recognize Alaskans who have generously devoted their time and talents to our State and made it a better place for all of us to live in. It is a great place to live. There is a…
Mr. President, pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Senator Cantwell, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the rules of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for the…
Madam President, these past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to come to the floor to recognize truly exceptional Alaskans--those who dedicate their time, energy, and talent to strengthening our communities and making Alaska a truly…
Mr. President, I rise today to support the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General of the United States. He is a veteran and an outstanding public servant who has worked tirelessly for decades in service of his…
Madam President, today we are going to be voting on the first of what will be many resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to roll back the avalanche of Federal regulations that the Obama administration placed on the…
Mr. President, I want to begin by complimenting my colleague, the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Portman. He has been the leader in the U.S. Senate on addressing this issue that literally is impacting every single one of our States--whether it is…
Thank you, Mr. President. I come to the floor this morning to speak on the resolution of disapproval that is before us, but I want to make just a few comments following my colleague, the minority whip. I am pleased to hear him say that he…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' subcommittee assignments for the 115th Congress be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the…
Thank you, Mr. President. She has committed that the focus she will give, not only to Alaska but to all States will not undermine, erode, or ignore public schools and that she will, in fact, work to support our public schools. She has…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for an additional 1\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I would like to share my thoughts with my colleagues today about the President's nominee to be Secretary of Education. I shared many of these thoughts yesterday with my colleagues on the Senate HELP Committee. Like my…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak on the upcoming motion to proceed to the DeVos nomination for a period of 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.