Mr. President, in the coming hours, the Senate could take up the nomination of Elizabeth Darling to serve as Commissioner for Children, Youth, and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services. If she is confirmed to that role…

Madam President, today I wish to give notice of my intent to object to any unanimous consent agreement regarding Senate Executive Calendar No. 367, the nomination of Daniel Jorjani to be Solicitor at the Department of the Interior…

My home State of Oregon, like much of the country, is facing a housing affordability crisis that is hurting families and the economy. I recently held six listening sessions in the district I represent. In every community--urban, suburban…

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time and for his tireless efforts on this with Mr. Yoho. I have watched as the gentleman has battled this for years. I have worked with him to get cosponsorships. We have had the Animal Protection…

I want to thank my colleagues for their work on the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. To Chairman Pallone, to Chairman Doyle, to Congressman Latta, and everybody that has been involved in this, I think we have come to a really good agreement…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal), and I appreciate his laser-like focus on this issue. We are hearing people in an alternative universe. The problems that we are facing financially are not an issue of mismanagement. It…

I thank Chairman Scott for yielding. In Oregon and across the country, people have worked hard to provide themselves and their families with a secure retirement by contributing a portion of their income to pensions. But now, through no…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my fellow, Dan Becerra, have privileges of the floor for the balance of his fellowship and that Luchanna Sagoo, my intern, have privileges for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Madam President, I rise in recognition of a friend and colleague, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, on this special occasion of his 250th speech in his ``Time to Wake up'' series, a series of speeches, as far as I know, unparalleled in the…

Mr. President, I thank my colleagues, Senator Blumenthal and Senator Warner, who have spoken strongly on the issue at hand, which is to protect our great country and our extraordinary 200-year experiment in self-governance. To do it, we…

Mr. President, I note again there has been an objection. I would only state that I don't see how anyone could consider what I have proposed to be a partisan issue. I and our colleague from Arkansas, Senator Cotton--a military veteran--have…

Mr. President, today I rise to rebut the deeply flawed proposal the Attorney General made this morning. This morning, he raised a tired, debunked plan to blow a hole in one of the most important security features protecting the digital…

Mr. President, today I am lifting my hold on the nomination of Elizabeth Darling to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services. I will not object to any unanimous consent request…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott of Florida). Without objection, it is so ordered. Encryption

Madam President, as our Founders worked to design what would become the Constitution of the United States, they had certain core principles in mind--certain principles that were the exact opposite of the way government worked in Europe…

Madam President, I rise to recognize two members of my team who are leaving the Senate after their years of dedicated and important work. Becca Ward will be leaving on August 7, and Meredith Booker will be leaving on Friday, July 26. Both…

I thank Chairman Scott for yielding. The Federal minimum wage has been stagnant for too long, exacerbating income inequality and leaving working families behind. A recent study from the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that…

Mr. President, tonight I am rising to talk about legislation that I have introduced that now has 40 Senators sponsoring it. It is called the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act. I think all of us in America have seen so many stories of…