Mr. President, I join my colleagues on the floor to speak in opposition to the nomination of Alex Azar to head the Department of Health and Human Services. I believe Mr. Azar is, first and foremost, a product of the pharmaceutical…

I share the concern about nuclear proliferation and where we are now and what appears to be moving closer to a nuclear war in some way.

It's essential that we have a robust communication system during emergencies.

It's a civil rights issue, and it should be on the forefront of everybody at the Department of Education regardless of which chair they sit in.

Well, thank you. That is very helpful.

How are we going to deal with job training for the next generation and for the people who are today going to be displaced by this technology?

This is, indeed, very exciting technology and really represents the potential for enormous innovation in all aspects of American life and global life, actually.

The bipartisan AV START Act, which Senator Peters and I introduced, accomplishes these goals by building on the existing regulatory framework to prioritize safety through increased reporting and oversight.

If U.S. regulators are not able to foster safe testing and deployment of AV technology through modernizations like those in AV START, the rest of the world will not sit by.

I would appreciate--you know, I'd look forward to talking with you more about it, because it became--I think, for all states, it's a real issue.

One challenge we faced in New Hampshire is the need to ensure that our first responders in the Granite State have enough information about what dangerous chemicals or other products are traveling through by freight rail.

Mr. Speaker, I want to speak candidly and directly to the American people. There are many, many issues that we agree upon, Republicans and Democrats, coming together to solve big challenges. In my district in New Hampshire, people are…

Mr. President, like I assume most of the rest of the Members of the Senate, I am very disappointed that today we have not reached a bipartisan agreement to reopen the government. I think it is important to note that there is a lot of…

Mr. President, the Senate and the House right now are struggling to pass yet another short-term continuing resolution to avoid a Federal shutdown at midnight on Friday. For nine consecutive years now, since I have gotten to the Senate, we…

New Hampshire-based housing organizations have experienced a shortage of caseworkers to work VA's supportive housing initiatives under the HUD-VASH program.

I want to make sure that we get a chance to get to the bottom of what the impact is on a daily basis for our veterans.

I think in a bipartisan way, we need to take back this discussion from an administration that seems to be turning a blind eye.

I think you have taken on kind of a calm tone in what I consider to be a serious change in policy that Congress was not consulted about.