The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) would have voted…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator…

Mr. President, earlier this week, more than 71 years after he was killed in the Korean war, U.S. Army Private First Class Melvin J. Little Bear was returned home to McLaughlin, SD. In 1951, Private First Class Little Bear, a native of…

Mr. President, we are coming up now on 2 years of Democratic governance here in Washington, 2 years in which Democrats have controlled Congress and the White House, and the result of their 2 years in power is not encouraging. Economic…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4969 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

So I want to just make the point that there is nothing in the SOFA Act that would prevent that research from continuing, and if a molecule was found that is helpful, it can be scheduled separately. This is just targeting the deadly drugs…

Mr. President, I rise today to tell a story of one family's tragedy but also of two wonderful people who turned that tragedy into helping others and finding solutions. On May 15, 2014, a 19-year-old Wisconsinite named Archie Badura died of…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentlewoman and thank the gentleman for their words of support for this piece of legislation. I ask all my colleagues to support my bill. It would do exactly as the previous two speakers said. It would make…

Mr. President, again, I find that unfortunate. I would hope that the Senator from Illinois would not at least object to Senator Grassley coming on the floor looking for another extension of this. Again, the DEA Administrator says this is…

Fentanyl is being used in medicine today, and it is on schedule II. So they can do the research off of that drug on schedule II. There is nothing preventing that--nothing whatsoever.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), and the Senator from…

I think there`s a process for declassifying documents. And I think it ought to be adhered to and followed. And I think that should apply to anybody who has access to or deals with classified information.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4939 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for yielding. I appreciate his kindness. I know he has got a lot to say on the subject, and hopefully he will be able to get back to it. Energy Madam President, I want to speak just a…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo). The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 348 Ex.] YEAS--56 Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 346 Leg.] YEAS--49 Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee). The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 347 Ex.] YEAS--60 Barrasso Bennet Blackburn…

There is a process for declassifying documents.