Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to request the return of the papers for S. 722 from the House of Representatives. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They do not have the approval of the Democratic leader for the eighth consecutive legislative day; therefore, they will not be permitted to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:45 p.m., adjourned until Monday, July 3, 2017, at 6 p.m. ____________________

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…

Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 210) was agreed to. (The resolution is printed…

This amendment prohibits the introduction of apologies as evidence of liability, imposes on States the qualifications for expert witnesses in a healthcare lawsuit, requires plaintiffs to obtain a certificate of merit from a healthcare…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Barr The CHAIR. It is now in order…

I thank Ranking Member Conyers for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, I share your grief over last night's loss. Sorry about that. Mr. Chairman, this bill is a loss, too. It is a loss to people who have been injured by defective drugs, defective…

The amendment does even more damage than the bill does because it makes it possible that there will be even less time for a plaintiff, once they are aware of their injury, to bring action. This is something that lessens the statute of…

This is an amendment--a bad amendment--that makes a bad bill worse. All those folks from Texas ought to be going to Austin. Where this belongs is in Austin, not in Washington. These are State issues. We had an amendment that said that…

I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for 5 minutes.

How much time do I have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Tennessee has 1 minute remaining.

This is the Tennessee law. I remember it. It is probably not such a wonderful law, even in Tennessee, even though some of us didn't care because Tennessee is an unusual State. You see it when you go to Rock City. From Rock City, you see…

I claim the time in opposition to my friend's misguided amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Collins of Georgia). The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for 5 minutes.

This is incongruous with the rest of the discussion we have had. It is consistent in that it is an attempt to say that people who have been harmed won't be able to recover, and it makes it harder to recover; and it protects the…

I thank Mr. Goodlatte for his honest testimony and submitting it. For that reason, among others, I will be voting ``no'' on this amendment, and I hope that it will be found to be ``no'' by the Chair. Because when the chairman of the…

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…

What we can accomplish, but also about the brilliance and the importance of the Caribbean-American community. Let me just mention Dr. Claire Nelson, who is the founder and president of the Institute of Caribbean Studies, because, for over…