Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S.J. Res. 69. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A joint…

Mr. President, I want to thank our ranking member and my friend, Senator Menendez, for his tremendous cooperation for many years but especially over this last week, and Senator Kaine for coming in and supporting it. I want to reiterate…

Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator from Indiana answering those questions. Today, we are, as you know, establishing precedent on a number of things. No. 1, we overwhelmingly decided that if the War Powers Resolution is used in this…

Mr. President, I ask again the Senator: For those of us, many in this body, including the Senator from Indiana, who worry that the mere refueling that may take place in Mali, where maybe we are supporting French troops, or the refueling in…

Mr. President, I want to thank the Senator for most of the comments he made. I think they were made very eloquently. I share many of the same concerns the Senator has. I voted to cause this to come out of committee because I felt this…

Mr. President, through the Presiding Officer I wish to ask the Senator from Indiana, what you are saying is that you are doing everything you possibly can do to ensure that if your amendment passes, never in the future will your amendment…

Mr. President, it is with mixed emotions that I stand today to honor my friend, my colleague, and my mentor, the senior Senator, the Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch. This year marks the end of an outstanding 42-year tenure serving the…

Mr. President, the Senate is currently considering S.J. Res. 54. I am proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation--lead cosponsor, along with my distinguished colleague from Vermont, Senator Sanders. He and I, along with Senator Murphy and…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New Jersey for his concern about this issue. I voted to dispense with this out of the committee. I have concerns about the particular legal issues that are being created here, but I wanted this…

Mr. President, I think it is important when using expedited procedures, especially on matters of national security such as this, the Senate limit consideration to the matter at hand. Therefore, I raise a point of order that amendments…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Sean Tyler, a Defense fellow in Senator Young's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the week. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the gentleman for his tremendous leadership on this bill and so many other issues. It is because of democratic leadership that this bill rejected all of the harmful changes to nutrition, so I thank him for that. I rise today in…

Mr. President, before yielding to Senator Young so he can make his amendment pending, I just want to follow up and say--look, I do want to go on record and say that I support the provisions of the Senator's bill that block for a period of…

I thank the Senator from New Jersey and our distinguished ranking member for his question and for working with me to pass this important legislation. ____________________

I appreciate the Senator's question and his partnership with me on this legislation to advance the fight against modern-day slavery. Our bill and the underlying Trafficking Victims Protection Act are designed to eliminate forced labor…

Mr. President, I wish to speak on S. 1862, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017.

Mr. President, it is an honor to be here with Pastor Louie Giglio, from Atlanta, who pastors the Passion Church there. I think everyone in this body knows Congress led on an issue to end modern slavery around the world. That was something…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…