I rise to talk about the University of North Dakota men's hockey team, which won a national championship last Saturday. Undoubtedly, like everybody else, the Presiding Officer was glued to his TV set watching the exciting game between the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Congratulating the University of North Dakota Men's Hockey Team

The University of North Dakota is the State's largest and oldest university, with nearly 15,000 students, 225 fields of study, 3,000 courses, and 84 graduate education programs. UND has a reputation for research and scholarship in the…

as we have heard all day, today is Equal Pay Day. What does that mean? That means that today is the first day women in the workforce--if we separated male and female workers--would actually get a paycheck in the year. That is pretty…

I rise to encourage support for the Hoeven-Tester air ambulance relief amendment, which is legislation of importance to people living in both rural and urban communities who need urgent and timely medical care. The need for this amendment…

Again, I would like to thank the Senator from Montana for joining in this bipartisan legislation and just ask that our colleagues work with us to get a good commonsense solution to solve this very urgent need. With that, Madam President, I…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Tester and I be allowed to engage in a colloquy for the next approximately 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I would like to speak in support of several amendments that I am offering to the FAA reauthorization bill. You may recall that in 2011 some of my colleagues and I offered a bipartisan amendment to a section of the bill that called for the…

I would respond to the good Senator from Montana that I think we have both described the importance in terms of the costs that people may face, particularly in a time when they are in an emergency or crisis situation. It is very difficult…

I think many times for the smaller agencies, it becomes a non-starter, and as a result, we see old equipment...

North Dakota was the site of a spectacular oil train fire.

I'm hopeful, again, working with Senator Tester and others, we get this done.

Now Senator Tester, being really sharp and on the ball, is ahead of the rest of us.

I think we are failing miserably because we created a presumption that without a four-year degree, you will be an economic failure, which is absolutely not true.

That sounds like a handoff.

So whether it is air, whether it is seaborne, whether it is train, whether it is truck, all cargo is scanned.

I think you need to be. It is a holistic approach where sometimes you can miss the forest for the trees.

housing is absolutely critical.