I would like to just urge my colleagues to recognize this as a strong group of bipartisan work by Dr. Foster and it received solid support in the committee, that it balances the law enforcement obligations to investigate criminals, but…

I thank Chairman Roe and Mr. Valadao for their strong leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. Our Nation's warfighters are told they will receive benefits and…

Healthy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important, but the calls for harassment and push for any Trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable. America is a great country and our ability to find solutions despite those…

Healthy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important, but the calls for harassment and push for any Trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable.

Hopefully, Congress will pass a law and fix the problem. Well, why should it be so hard? They all say that they don't want to separate families, seems like it should be pretty simple to me.

Thousands of illegal aliens are removed every month without seeing an immigrant judge as a result of procedures in current law, including voluntary removal and an expedited removal.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendments Nos. 2926 and 2971 to Amendment No. 2910

Thank you, Mr. President. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

as some of my colleagues mentioned already, today marks 6 months since Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and sent it to the President's desk to become law. When the President signed the legislation, he helped usher in the first…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc: Young No. 2926 and Tester No. 2971. I further ask that the time until 4:30 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form and that at 4:30 p.m. the Senate vote in…

I ask unanimous consent that Molly Marsh, a fellow in Senator Alexander's office, and Megan Parrott, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the consideration of H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water Development…

I am pleased to present the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019. This is a bipartisan bill that funds the critical infrastructure for our Nation's servicemembers and their…

I want to take a second to thank Senator Inhofe and Senator Reed and their staffs for all of their hard work on getting us to this point on the Defense authorization bill, which is so very important. Through the European Deterrence…

I rise to highlight an issue concerning the industrial base that supports the strategic TRIAD. Currently the Air Force is developing the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent or GBSD. This will be the Nation's new land-based intercontinental…

I ask unanimous consent to have a colloquy with the Senator from Maryland. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I couldn't agree more with that. In fact, the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act does include language that is similar, not identical, to our language. To my knowledge, it passed without any objection in the House from…

The Senator and I have done a lot of work together on a an issue that is a genuine threat to our national security; that is, the threat of Chinese telecom companies stealing our technology, infiltrating our telecom networks, and hacking…

I thank the Senator from Maryland for his remarks and once again for working together in such a constructive fashion. As he said, we have had a number of Senators from both parties sponsoring our amendment. I think that reflects the…