It was an honor to have Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speak to a joint session of Congress yesterday. Israel is one of our country's closest allies, an essential partner in restraining Iran's nuclear threat and combating the growing…

Mr. President, I appreciate being on the floor with the Senator from North Dakota who has been very involved in trying to secure America against a variety of threats. I will get to the heart of the matter. Some people feel the Prime…

I think the gentleman from Pennsylvania who spoke earlier was absolutely right. The people back home want us to do things. So I think the important thing to do now is to find out, why aren't we able to do anything? And I lay the blame…

Last week, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown) said, Why are we here? She got all upset. Let me tell you why we are here: because the President of the United States violated the constitutional separation of powers. Regardless of how…

In closing, my friend, I just wanted to point out what the House Budget Committee does to bring the budget within balance within 10 years, and it is not all this but three major things. One, it repeals ObamaCare, which costs $2.1 trillion…

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Rokita, were you aware that by the year 2030, according to CBO's projections, that our spending just on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and our interest, just those four things will take up…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. South Carolina thanks you. What an honor it is to stand here before this group to talk about the Federal budget. These were a couple of slides that were actually handed out to the Budget Committee that…

Madam President, we are here today because the NLRB has once again overstepped the line. I am not sure it is a red line, but I do know this--that the Board has become a hyperpartisan, pro-union entity, and that does not benefit the…

I think the legislation the Senator from North Dakota described is the most important thing we will do this year. The sanctions against Iran, congressionally created, were 100 to 0. Every Member of the Senate believed the Iranians needed…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 226, noes 186, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll…

Today I rise to bring attention to rural hospitals and the important service they provide to communities across north Florida. Last week I had the honor of touring Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay, Florida. I was so inspired by the…

During the Presidents' Day break, I served on a delegation meeting with the leaders of Afghanistan, Jordan, and Iraq. Each was grateful for the support given in their fight against terrorists who seek mass murder of innocent civilians…

Right. The Iraqi security forces have crumbled. The most dominant power on the ground is the Shia militia, backed by Iran and the Kurds in the north. And by the way, the aid we are providing to the Kurds never gets up to Erbil, and we need…

I thank the Senator from Arizona. What I would like the body to recognize is that our Presiding Officer, who just left, Senator Cotton, was an infantry officer in Iraq, and I can't imagine how he must feel. Our current Presiding Officer is…

Exactly. The Russians were a signatory to that Budapest memorandum. Clearly, the Russians have stepped all over it, and we are not doing anything. So in the future, would you give up your nuclear weapons relying on a promise by the United…

In conclusion, in 1998 we were a signatory to Budapest memorandum that asked the Ukrainian people to give up over 2,000 nuclear weapons housed on their soil in return for a guarantee of their sovereignty. Mr. McCAIN. That included the…

During the Presidents' Day break, I was grateful to chair a delegation to visit with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and President Fuad Masum of Iraq, along with Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi of Iraq…

Last year, the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility--MOX--at the Savannah River Site was adequately funded to continue to the completion of its vital missions of converting weapons-grade plutonium into fuel. A recent Augusta Chronicle…