it is one of my favorite times during the week, when I get to come to the Senate floor--I know it is the pages' favorite time--to talk a little bit about Alaska and talk about my State and present what we weekly call the ``Alaskan of the…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:34 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, November 7, 2019, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 396 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior legislative clerk…

I further ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that Jesse Oney, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

For the information of Senators, tomorrow the Senate will vote on the confirmation of the Rudofsky and Wilson nominations at 11:45 a.m. and the confirmation of the Nardini nomination at 1:45 p.m. ____________________

I want to say a few words this afternoon about the funding of our military, the support for our troops, and what just happened on the U.S. Senate floor because it is a pretty sad exercise that, unfortunately, happens way too often in this…

I want to speak to another matter this afternoon, a matter that as I think about my tenure in the Senate and those initiatives I have been engaged with that have really touched me in a way that make me want to work all that much harder…

I know that several of my colleagues have had an opportunity to take to the floor this week and today to speak to the memory of a woman, a Senator, and a friend--certainly a friend of mine--former Senator Kay Hagan from the State of North…

as the Senator from Missouri has stated, this is a significant day. This is a very special day in the Congress, as later this afternoon we are going to gather to pay tribute to a truly great Senator, the late Senator Ted Stevens from…

I am here this morning very pleased to be at this point where we are talking about consideration of an appropriations package that includes the fiscal year 2020 bills for the subcommittees on Interior and Environment; Commerce, Justice…

I want to add my voice in recognizing what an important day it is here. I want to thank the Senators from Alabama and Mississippi and, of course, my good friend Senator Murkowski. Many other Senators--the Senators from California…

her statement would suggest no 404(c) would be done until all the science is in (EIS?). Obviously, that's not what we have in mind . . .

I have said from the beginning that I do not have a position for or against the mine being built.

I have been fighting to save my sons' and my livelihood from the Pebble Mine for over a decade.

It seems that any time Alaskans want to develop their God-given resources, or even just build a road, it becomes a Federal case for the left.

The reason I ask that question is I have heard some people are claiming that they own the subsurface, and that would stop road. That is not the law, to my knowledge.

I have no confidence in this permitting process, and that the Army Corps will factor in our concerns.