I just underscore the fact, with respect to the chairman, that the best judge of what is good for HBCUs, I think, is HBCUs. They are worried because they are already having to provide notice to their professors and their staff that funding…

Mr. President, I would just say to the chairman of the HELP Committee that I believe the best judge of what is good for HBCUs is HBCUs themselves. They have asked the Senate to act immediately on the legislation that passed the House…

Mr. President, I am on the Senate floor now, where in a moment I will be asking for unanimous consent for the Senate to take up and vote on a House-passed bill that would provide full mandatory funding for historically Black colleges and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 549 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; further, that the bill be considered read a third…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 549. I ask unanimous consent that my amendment at the…

Mr. President, in reserving the right to object, I share the concerns expressed by my colleague, the Senator from Florida, about the situation in Venezuela. I have met with many of my constituents of Venezuelan heritage and have discussed…

I thank Madam Chair for her exceptional work on the SHIELD Act, which is long overdue. For 2 years, our colleagues across the aisle had control over the Judiciary Committee, the Rules Committee, and the House Administration Committee. They…

Mr. President, I support the resolution that the Senate is voting on today to disapprove of new rules from the Trump administration to diminish the value of tax credits offered by State and local governments. From the very beginning, I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I hesitate to respond because this is a circular discussion. Mr. Scalise and the Republican party, at the behest of Mr. Trump, need to get tougher. They can't mention the facts. The facts are known by…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. What he didn't mention was the Benghazi Gowdy commission was the eighth Republican-led investigation of that matter. They all reached the same conclusion and found no evidence of wrongdoing; eight…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course, the Acting Chief of Staff, who is, I think, also the acting head of OMB--not technically but actually, in my view--he said there was a quid pro quo. Now, he tried to clean it up. I get that. I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, no matter how many times the gentleman from Louisiana, the Republican whip, says that these are unfair hearings, or that they are secret hearings, or that Republicans can't participate, no…

I cannot respond to that at this point in time. We haven't made that decision to move ahead. The committees, as the gentleman knows, are considering it, and if they decide that the House should move forward, then we will make that decision.

I thank my friend from Louisiana for yielding. On Monday, Mr. Speaker, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning- hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House…

The gentleman wasn't here during the Clinton impeachment with Starr. Starr might as well----

As usual, the whip did not answer my question. I said, is the President above the law? But he wants to pound on the table, Mr. Speaker, because neither the facts nor the law is on his side. The process is consistent with the rules put in…

I will respond as I responded last week. We are doing our constitutional duty of oversight of the administration and the actions of the President of the United States to determine whether or not there had been violations of law, whether…