Well, if I could, reserving the right to object, I would like for us to have some degree of discussion about this in the future--either to finish our business at a normal time or to come back the next morning. This is a ridiculous process…

Madam President, I wish to speak for a few minutes about Ryan Nelson, who has been nominated by the President to serve as the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. Ryan is a fantastic choice for this position at Interior. As a…

A Washington Post report in 2016 exposed a report detailing $125 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse. Yet we are increasing this by $80 billion; not to mention that much of this funding is dedicated to continuing the endless wars that we…

Madam President, I rise today to speak about the omnibus bill that we are going to be voting on either later today or tomorrow. I came to the Senate almost 12 years ago. I have 9 months left in my term. I told folks back home that I…

On Monday, I addressed this House on the issue of Mr. Mueller and his important investigation in the Special Counsel's Office. I am concerned, as we leave on Thursday or Friday, that the President could fire Mr. Rosenstein--who has…

Parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Would it be appropriate to announce to the House that there is a discharge petition at the desk for H.R. 4669 to give Mr. Mueller due process rights in case he is fired for other than good cause? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is…

Mr. President, I wish to thank the Senator from New Jersey, my good friend, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for his comments. Today we met with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, a very impressive young man who…

Mr. President, very briefly, I just want to set the record straight. The House of Representatives voted to say that the war in Yemen is not covered by the 2001-2002 AUMF, and I think this body would agree. They did not do as was just…

Mr. President, that is correct. So, in closing, I would just ask--just like every other committee here in the Senate that hopefully takes its work seriously and does work especially on important matters like this that affect people's…

Mr. President, I have enjoyed hearing the discussion about the item before us. I must say that I would feel a whole lot better about this debate if it were focused on our refueling French jets going into Mali--the same exact debate. I…

Mr President, I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, I stand to urge a ``no'' vote on the motion to table. We are involved as cobelligerents in hostilities in someone else's war--in a civil war in Yemen. It is very difficult to dispute the contention that there is no decision…

Mr. President, Senator Sanders mentioned some previous wars and how this may or may not relate to those previous wars. One of the other questions we get from time to time is also a related question: How does this impact or influence…

Mr. President, some of our colleagues from time to time may ask us how we would define the term ``hostilities'' and what the United States might be doing that triggers that definition. I welcome that discussion. It is important to note…

I would certainly agree that the answer is yes in response to that question. It is Congress that gets to decide whether we go to war; it is not the executive branch. For that very same reason, when we have brought up this resolution…

Mr. President, the issue we are confronting today is one that deals with the separation of powers outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Our system of government was set up in such a way as to protect the people from the dangers associated…

Today, I rise to talk about the events of Friday night and concern for the continued special counsel position of Robert Mueller. On Friday night, late, the Deputy Director of the FBI, Mr. Andrew McCabe, was fired. I haven't seen the IG…