I just believe our Blue Water veterans who are in need of service, we should not even be here talking about this.

I thank Senator Lankford and many of our colleagues--throughout the work that we've been doing on the Secure Elections Act.

We are climbing out of that. Our unemployment rate is near its lowest since 2008; our growth rate is tracking the national average.

I have talked about our growing economy in West Virginia and being led by our energy sector.

Well, it seems to be just in the general sense if we're going to figure out how to move forward internationally on privacy, there are so many conflicts

I personally believe they should have that right, he assured me that they do have that right

I rise again to read letters from West Virginians about the concerns and fears they have over the ongoing lawsuit being led by 20 U.S. attorneys general, including West Virginia's own attorney general, that threatens to once again allow…

I rise today to offer an amendment that would appropriate funding for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the Department of Treasury to investigate the illicit trade of synthetic opiates originating from the People's…

So they're intentionally overproducing.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3553

I want to see the end result. And I want to make sure there is fairness to a trade deal.

I'm curious to know on that aspect in terms of the EU obviously wanting to diversify their energy mix.

trade agreements have not been traditionally very helpful to our small State

I am really pleased to be on the floor today to join my fellow Senator from Missouri to talk about, as a fellow member of the Appropriations Committee, what I think are the real highlights and the good parts about the fact that the process…

So, not getting there first, or at least close to first, it's not that--it doesn't mean that we won't get there. It means that we might be locked out of any other--some economic expansions that maybe another country might be able to market…

I created the Rural Broadband Caucus as my goal, and you've been very helpful, many of your organizations.

I do think this is a--it's a repeating theme with a lot of us that we keep talking about it, and we're still not getting there. So, I'm a bit frustrated by that.

How will the development of 5G solve these three major issues in the rural areas?