I sure appreciate my colleague because I have run out of time here and I still have things to say.

I rise to speak about two of President Trump's nominees. I will first address Nominee Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Then I will discuss the nomination of Tom Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, which is currently pending…

I ask consent that floor privileges be granted until June 30 to Christopher Walker, an academic fellow on my staff. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I would like to turn to the business currently before the Senate and express my support for the nomination of Representative Tom Price to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services at this critical juncture. HHS encompasses an extremely…

I want to thank the distinguished majority leader and the minority leader. I didn't expect this today; I was just happy to be in the Chair. But it was certainly nice of them to say such nice things. That means a lot to me, and I am sure it…

this has been a nice morning for me. To have both the majority leader and the minority leader say such nice things means a lot to me. Having said that, let me just say I am concerned about this body and how it is going. I am also concerned…

I am pleased to speak on this different kind of rule. It is basically a rule defining a rule that defines future activity. So it is somewhat convoluted. But this is a regulation--one more of those broad, midnight regulations--that affects…

At its heart, this rule is about one thing. It is about taking power away from local officials, including local BLM officials, and moving that power to Washington, D.C., to faceless bureaucrats who sit in cubicles here in this city and…

In an era of partisan politics, this legislation represents a significant bipartisan compromise.

The Postal Service as we know it is insolvent. This bill is intended to put it back on the road to solvency.

I commend the chairman and the ranking member and my colleagues--Mr. Lynch, Mr. Meadows especially, and of course Ms. Lawrence, who brings so much expertise and experience to this subject--for making this happen.

It is not always that we are able to come together on a bipartisan basis on a major piece of reform legislation.

I take umbrage with what the minority leader said. I sat here and listened to the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, who went on and on and on. Many of her remarks were criticizing a fellow colleague in the Senate. I don't know…

I rise to briefly discuss a number of ongoing efforts in the early days of the 115th Congress. It is a strange time to be working on Capitol Hill, as strange as I have seen in my four decades in the Senate. That is true for a number of…

the Committee on Finance has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 115th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying rules for the Senate…

I believe there's work to replace Obamacare, should also begin immediately, meaning that our repeal bill should include as many Obamacare replacement policies as procedures allow.

I rise today to honor the memory of LaVell Edwards, a giant of the gridiron who guided the Brigham Young University football program through decades of unprecedented success. Surrounded by his family, Coach Edwards passed away peacefully…

I reserve the right to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.