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Mr. President, before the Senate adjourns this afternoon, I want to remind my colleagues that National Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins on Saturday. Throughout the month of October, we are called to increase public awareness and…
Mr. President, I come to the floor for the same reason Senator Shaheen of New Hampshire is here. I rise today to speak on the Survivors' Bill of Rights. This is a noncontroversial and very bipartisan bill. It has already passed the Senate…
Mr. President, today I want to again discuss the unnecessary restrictions on unclassified documents from the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton. By way of background, on September 12, I came to the floor and gave a speech about the…
Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the measure? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 5578) was…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
Mr. President, I thank Senator Shaheen for her support and her detailed explanation of what the legislation does and for everything she has done to help move this legislation along. At this time, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for such time as I may consume, and I would say it would be in the neighborhood of about 10 or 12, maybe 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…
Mr. President, last Friday, President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, JASTA. Given the overwhelming, bipartisan support this legislation enjoys in both the Senate and the House, I was surprised and hence very…
Mr. President, I very much appreciate the leadership on the other side of the aisle in letting this survivors' bill of rights pass. I do have some comments on the procedures that have held this bill and other bills up for too long a time…
Mr. President, I would like to thank my colleague from Georgia for spearheading this very important effort. We have heard discussions about getting back to regular order. We have heard discussions about the difference between the debt and…
If we have clear jurisdiction, which we can demonstrate, it, I think, obligates you to comply with the subpoena.
Hillary Clinton claimed over and over that none of the emails that she sent contained classified information. Was she truthful when she said that?
But a majority of the American people have come to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton is not honest and cannot be trusted.
Mr. President, I come to the floor to speak about an overwhelmingly bipartisan piece of legislation. I had hoped to be on the floor today to celebrate the passage of the Survivors' Bill of Rights; however, as is the case far too often here…
Madam President, natural disasters happen. Eight years ago, Senator Harkin and I had to deal with flooding in Eastern Iowa. Today Senator Ernst and I are called upon to observe--as we did this past weekend--a great amount of flooding in…