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Madam President, I rise today to support the confirmation of a fellow Chattanoogan, Travis R. McDonough, who has been nominated to serve as U.S. district court judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. I have known Travis personally for…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…
Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned after the resumption of legislative session, following the disposition of the Etim nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER…
As I was saying, Federal bureaucrats divert at least 25 percent of State gas tax dollars to nonhighway projects, including mass transit, bike paths, and other boondoggles such as vegetation management. Federal Davis-Bacon price-fixing…
Mr. President, I have less than a page of my remarks that I prepared left. I ask unanimous consent for permission to have an additional 2 minutes to complete my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is…
Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the highway spending bill before us today--and not just the failed substance of the legislation. I rise to oppose the bill's irresponsible and unsustainable funding mechanisms and the cynical process…
Madam President, nearly 6 years ago this body was on the verge of passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Today the Senate is poised to repeal that insultingly misnamed law. Back in the winter of 2009, of course, we still…
It is so disappointing that President Obama believes a climate change summit is somehow a rebuke of international terrorism. Think about that. The President's timid response about how to take on ISIS and how to define our enemy has…
Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Governor Olene Walker, Utah's 15th Governor, who passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at the age of 85. She was the first woman to serve as Utah's Governor, worked as Lieutenant Governor…
In the wake of the shocking video from Chicago showing the brutal shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer, I rise today to encourage my colleagues to pass H.R. 2302, the Police Training and Independent Review Act…
First, let me thank Congresswoman Kelly for those very generous remarks, but also for your tremendous leadership and for staying the course and making sure that we are here really speaking truth to power each and every week on behalf of…
Thank you very much. I just want to say that I think what is reflective in the Congressional Black Caucus' agenda and all of the work that we have done for so many years is really an effort to show that how, if you ensure that opportunity…
I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding and for his leadership on these critical issues. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the rule, H. Res. 531, and also to the bill, H.R. 4038, the American Security…
This bill is here without having gone through committee. It is not our normal process. It is considered an emergency. It is not an emergency. Refugees will not get in this country for 1\1/ 2\ to 2 years from the time they apply. We could…
Our screening process has already involved multiple Federal intelligence, security, and law enforcement agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the FBI. These agencies subject…
Mr. President, shortly the Senate will vote on the motion to appoint conferees--or what is often called the motion to go to conference--for a bill that reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the ESEA, which is the…
Mr. President, I thank my friend and distinguished colleague from Tennessee for his remarks. In light of the fact that this bill does involve a complicated process, in light of the fact that this bill--the original Senate bill--was many…
We know that there are more than Mexicans and Central Americans coming across that southern border, and we know that once they are here, the ORR has no way of tracking them and keeping up with them. In April, a Judicial Watch report cited…