Mr. President, there is a great deal of discussion this week on very difficult and hard issues. The comments of the Senator from California, which were preceded by the comments of our colleague from South Carolina, remind us that as…

I would suggest one thing to the gentlewoman; we are only talking about 49 families. This is small. I am not talking about all the other placer mining. This is, in fact, the Forty Mile Miners. I mean, they have been there forever. Like I…

Mr. President, last week we had a lot going on in terms of national security and foreign policy facing our country and, most importantly, facing our troops, facing our military. The President, the Secretary of Defense, the top leaders in…

Mr. President, I thank my colleagues who bring honor to the Senate by coming down here and talking about this important issue. Those watching at home should be calling their Senators and telling them: Fund our troops. Fund our troops. When…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy for 30 minutes with the Senators from Montana, North Carolina, and Iowa. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Department of Defense Appropriations Bill

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute to conclude this colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank Senator Tillis, and he put his finger on it when he said it is personal. I think it is personal to all of us. Senator Ernst talked about it. She literally has her former colleagues, the troops she commanded, in Afghanistan right…

Mr. President, in just a matter of minutes this afternoon, we will proceed to a motion to go to a formal conference on S. 2012, which is the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. There is no doubt in my mind that we should agree to go…

Madam President, my colleagues from Virginia and Rhode Island, for whom I have a lot of respect, have been on the floor talking about an important issue--what my colleague from Virginia called a ``today issue.'' Well, I would also like to…

Mr. President, I wish to take a few moments this afternoon to shed some light and speak about the issue of postpartum depression. As a physician himself, the Presiding Officer is aware of the reality many new, young mothers face when they…

Mr. President, we are on the floor this afternoon with the issue of GMO foods--genetically modified organisms--before us. I don't want to talk about GMO foods in that space; I want to talk about a more specific genetically engineered…

Mr. President, I have come to the floor today to shed some light on the impacts of postpartum depression among our Nation's mothers. Just a bit over a month ago, I sat down with a local Anchorage reporter as part of a series addressing the…

Mr. President, last week I had the opportunity to pay tribute to a gentleman by the name of Fred Becker. We knew him lovingly and affectionately as ``Bulldog.'' He was a veteran and a veterans activist. He passed away on June 11. This past…

Mr. President, one of the great things about being able to come to the floor and preside--as is the Presiding Officer, and it is something I have had the opportunity to do a lot--is that when you are in the Chair, you get to hear a lot…

Mr. President, I have been on the floor quite a bit in the past several months talking about a topic I think the vast majority of Americans want us to focus on, and that is the economy. That is, in my opinion, something we don't do enough…

Mr. President, I am going to be getting on an airplane tomorrow morning to head home to join with Alaskans who are coming together to celebrate the life of a man I affectionately know as ``Bulldog.'' This is Frederick Charles Becker IV. I…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to my interns Aziza Shemet Pitcher, Margaret May, Rex Miller, Holly Taylor, Molly O'SCannell, Marissa Olson, David Courtright, Robin Spaulding, Will Pate, and…

Mr. President, I want to rise to also support my colleagues on the Veterans Affairs' Committee. It is an honor to serve with the chairman of the committee, the distinguished senior Senator from Georgia, and the ranking member from…