I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after…

I was in small business for 21 years. My wife and I were small-business owners and operators and had to meet a bottom line and pay the bills and all. I know our Speaker was in the accounting world. To me, this is basic accounting and a…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy and her focusing on this. I agree wholeheartedly; we don't need to go down this path again. The Republican Congress in 2005 looked at a similar proposal and eliminated it from a spending bill. The…

I appreciate that offer of the gentleman to work together on this important issue with a lot of promise for additional renewable energy jobs and sources. So, Mr. Chairman, we do need to be making stronger investments in clean and…

Mr. President, it was not very long ago when I was on the floor of the Senate with the distinguished majority leader, Senator McConnell, and the two of us were making the case for our bipartisan bill to legalize hemp, which we are very…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to bring two baskets of hemp products to the floor of the Senate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Hemp Farming Act

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to use a prop in my presentation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Robert F. Kennedy

Mr. President, today we remember Robert F. Kennedy, whose life was brutally, savagely cut short 50 years ago. Robert Kennedy was a Presidential candidate, a U.S. Senator, a Member of this Chamber, an Attorney General, a naval officer, a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Jaime Hamre, have privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I am coming to the floor tonight to talk about the issue of immigration here in the United States of America. I think all of us are very familiar with the Statue of Liberty--a symbol we know about from the time we begin to…

Too many working families still struggle to pay their bills, to take care of their families, and to save for their kids to go to college or to take care of aging parents. The middle class--households with an income between 67 and 200…

Mr. President, I hope that one day soon it will not be necessary to come to the floor of this Senate and shine a spotlight on how the Trump administration is making it harder and harder for women in America to get the healthcare they need…

Mr. President, on May 10, I announced my intention to object to a unanimous consent request for the Senate to take up the nomination of Christopher C. Krebs who has been nominated by President Trump to serve as Under secretary of the…

Mr. President, we in Congress are tasked in the Constitution with promoting science and the useful arts through giving authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and discoveries for a limited time. The first copyright act…

Madam President, with Memorial Day coming up this weekend, I want to offer a few thoughts on this package of legislative reforms for the Department of Veterans Affairs, known as the VA MISSION Act of 2018, being considered by the U.S…

I would thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and our staffs, who worked so hard on this legislation. I rise to offer my strong support for S. 292, the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018…

Today represents the third time this year that the House has considered legislation to deliver hope to patients who are battling terminal diseases. Twice already, a bipartisan majority of Members has supported increasing patient access to…

Shooting swimming caribou from a motorboat, bear baiting, dogs for black bears, using artificial light, shooting wolf pups and bear cubs in their dens are outrageous practices that were banned under a 2015 rule from the Obama…