Mr. President, today we have an economy that is booming. Unemployment is at its lowest in Iowa since 2000, and wages are up. In the first quarter of this year, we saw 3.2 percent GDP growth, which far exceeded expectations, but we know…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has…

The Steele dossier was central to the now debunked collusion narrative.

the public wants to pay the user fee for roads and bridges with their gas tax.

I wanted to emphasize how important it is to complete and finish Lewis and Clark Rural Water.

We need to restore the locks and dams, and we need to expand them for the size of river traffic.

Yes, there is. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. President, I want to call my colleagues' attention to an issue that has affected many families in Iowa and throughout the country, and that issue is the cost of prescription drugs. The cost of prescription drugs is an issue that comes…

Mr. President, for the leader, is the veto message with the papers attached at the desk? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is.

For the leader, I ask unanimous consent that the veto message on S.J. Res. 7 be considered as having been read and that it be printed in the Record and spread in full upon the Journal. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

Mr. President, additionally for 1 minute, I would like to speak to the issue of healthcare. Some elected officials are proposing radical changes to our healthcare system. These proposals include Medicare for All, Medicare buy-in, Medicaid…

Mr. President, for 1 minute, I will speak to a piece of history of the Senate. I call to the Senate's attention this fact: When the Senate first convened in 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City, one of the Senate's first orders of…

Mr. President, for the leader, is there a message at the desk in reference to S.J. Res. 7? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a communication of the Secretary of the Senate regarding that matter. The legislative clerk…

Madam President, Members of the Senate, if you look at the poster I just put up, you know what I am going to talk about--the devastating floods in Iowa and the Midwest. In Western Iowa, we still have areas underwater from flooding on the…

Madam President, some officials are proposing radical changes to our healthcare system. These proposals include Medicare for All, Medicare Buy-in, Medicaid for All, and expansion of the Affordable Care Act. All of these are versions of…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

On Monday, I spoke about the Clinton investigation, and I want to reiterate one very serious issue. The FBI apparently had highly classified information potentially relevant to the Clinton investigation in its possession. The FBI drafted a…

Mr. President, today marks the 30th anniversary of a very important law--the Whistleblower Protection Act. It is very important because people in government ought to listen to whistleblowers. They are very patriotic people. The law is a…