Mr. President, would you please tell me when I have used 17 minutes, and then I want to reserve 3 minutes for the Senator from Pennsylvania to follow me with his 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will do so. Amendment No. 4751

Mr. President, before I speak, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 20 minutes, to be followed by Senators Nelson and Murphy for 5 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I commend Senator Cornyn and the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy, for their work on the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016, which today passed the Senate. I also want to thank the sponsors…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Nebraska for bringing this amendment. I would like to just focus us on what this is about. This is a Humane Society of the United States vegan/ vegetarian kind of initiative. It is about taking meat…

Mr. Chairman, I would say again, addressing you, and with the attention of the body, that this is one of the pieces that the President has used to go outside the bounds of his authority and inside the bounds of our constitutional…

Mr. Chairman, I would point out that I disagree with the gentleman from Arizona. There is a provision that allows the MAVNI program to be used by the Secretary of Defense, and it has notwithstanding language: Notwithstanding paragraph, the…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment is very similar to Mr. Gosar's. I think it is important that we continue the debate on this particular issue. What it says is that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to extend the expiration…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Gosar The Acting…

Mr. Chairman, I would point out the distinction that the ranking member defines as without a difference, without a distinction. There is a difference, and the distinction is that the previous amendment said no new construction and no…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment is a bit different than the gentleman from Alabama's previous amendment in that I drafted this amendment to block the use of any funds within this appropriations bill from being used by our military to house…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. President, for much of this Congress, I have been working on a bipartisan basis to correct a little understood provision in the Affordable Care Act, ACA, that punishes small businesses for attempting to help their employees purchase…

I have had a longtime and deep interest in supporting homegrown energy production. I have authored and championed some of the most transformative energy incentives.

It seems to me that nuclear is being harmed primarily by cheap natural gas, transmission congestion, and stagnant electricity demands.

What irritates me then is when experts criticize subsidies for one type of energy while disregarding market-distorting benefits provided to other sources.

Since 1957, nuclear energy has benefitted from more than $70 billion in taxpayer-funded research and development and Price-Anderson liability insurance.

I truly support all-of-the-above energy policies, whereas I run into a lot of people who support everything above the ground but nothing below the ground.