It is truly refreshing to see that we have a Chairman and a Ranking Member who are both concerned about our rural veterans.

When you promise everything to everybody and lay it within an administration like this, whether it is a Republican or a Democrat administration, the challenges of handling a bureaucracy are huge.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if…

Mr. President, I want to start by congratulating President Biden and Vice President Harris, who took office yesterday. We have a team of former Senators in the White House. Yesterday was a hopeful day. The Capitol Building, so recently…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The PRESIDING…

What are the reasonable benchmarks the United States should expect with regard to Somalia's democratic development?

This is an important moment for the United States to take a leadership role in that area, and so many others.

Somalia's successful revolution, socially, politically and economically, is vital for our interests in the region.

I have been to the Sahrawi people's refugee camps twice. I was impressed by their strong desire for independence.

Republicans traditionally have believed that we ought to reduce spending; that we need to reform entitlement programs.

the massive amount of debt that we continue to rack up as a Nation.

As you know, Somalia is wracked by a political crisis over the September 17th agreement.

I think sometimes their offer of assistance to a contrary is seen as a first step in where, later on, they will start asking for small favors and then move into more demands.

I am concerned about, I guess, the ongoing and, in some cases, increasing Chinese and Russian engagement in the Western Hemisphere.

Algeria has supported the political process led by the U.N. and by the U.N. Secretary General's personal envoy for Western Sahara.

We have shared values, and we need to point out to the peoples of the region the shared values that we have, and the difference between what we consider important and what the real costs of the engagement that the malign actors from…