last evening, I had the opportunity to get on the phone in a telephone townhall with citizens from Davidson and Shelby Counties in Tennessee, and crime was the No. 1 issue that people were talking about. And one of the points that came up…

I love Arnold Perl. I love Phil Trenary. I love the Rendezvous. Memphis will not close.

I hope that this Senate Subcommittee will take steps to ensure that the NIMH will renew its focus on the development of more effective antipsychotic medications with fewer serious side effects.

A similar proposal was included in the discussion draft of the Lower Health Care Costs Act, released by Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray.

I want to take a moment to appreciate some powerlifting champions in east Tennessee. That is correct, I said powerlifting. Last week, I was on the plane back to Knoxville from Washington. This fellow sitting next to me talked excitedly…

China is not a developing nation. China is the world's second largest economy. China is the world's largest manufacturer, and China is the world's No. 1 creditor. Yet this body, the U.S. Senate, is poised to ratify a treaty that ignores…

Now, nobody could have anticipated it would be as terrible as it was, but there were certainly warning signs, including radical commentary on the internet for several days leading up to the events of that day.

As I have talked on this floor through the past few years, I have talked about visiting each of the 95 counties in our great State of Tennessee every year. And when I am there, I spend much of the time talking with local leaders, small…

The Maduro regime should immediately and unconditionally release my fellow Tennessean, Matthew Heath.

Dr. Gupta received a tie vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There is a Senate process that has been agreed to by both parties by which the leader can discharge a nomination with a tie vote from this committee to bring it…

I have great respect for my colleague from New Hampshire. I worked very hard on the WGDP initiative that was put in place by the previous administration. It has the potential to do so much good. I am very concerned about elements of that…

I ask unanimous consent that Claire Gute and Ashley Martin, interns in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

on November 11, 2001--exactly 2 months after the September 11 attacks--President Bush spoke to the United Nations General Assembly about the universal threat of terrorism. I want to share just a few lines from that speech: The suffering of…

the attacks of September 11, 2001, exposed the American people to a level of vulnerability we had not encountered since the Second World War. While the terrorists failed in their objective of breaking us, they were successful in forcing…

I think we all enjoyed being in our States during August. And during the time I was there, I wrapped up what I do each year, which is to visit with each of our 95 counties. And this is truly a listening tour for me, being able to talk with…

The dying ember that is the Democratic majority in both Houses once again seeks to burn the American people. $80 billion for the IRS, and they champion it. I will stand with the hardworking American people of this Nation. Democrats, you…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to what the Democrats call the Inflation Reduction Act which is really the inflation expansion act. Americans are grappling with an economy in…

Following Jim Jordan is like why nobody wanted to follow Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. It is going to be tough. But you never reduce burdens or inflation by increasing taxes $740 billion. It is estimated that there is a $4,500 increase on the…