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I would ask Senator Wyden if he is willing to work with me to address these issues in this fashion.

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. Small businesses are a vital part of promoting international trade.

I thank the distinguished Senator from California. ____________________

We will have the ability to take this floor, and those in the House to take the House floor, and fight against it if you disagree with it and it starts to get 51 votes. The administration knows that. They know they can't do a slovenly…

Remember that this is the procedural mechanism that gives Congress the right to really know what is going on and to really look at these matters. That is why we put in these particular provisions, which, as far as I know, are better than…

I understand the distinguished Senator. Let me say that we all have to make our own individual decisions here. I would encourage you to reconsider because I think we have a good bill that is far better than it has been in the past…

There is going to be another President in 2016, whether Republican or Democrat or otherwise. So there is nothing that says the President can't do that, but we are making sure he does do that. We have done it because of questions that have…

If the Senator would yield--yes, we did. We supported the President's position, if I recall correctly. There is nothing that says the President can't do that. But this bill says he must at least do certain things.

I thank my colleague from Nevada. Madam President, I thank all our colleagues for their support in helping us get this far. This last vote was a major step forward on this important legislation. We have a few more votes we are going to…

Will the Senator withhold so I can make a short speech, less than a minute?

For constitutional reasons, we ought to be following the process in the Constitution.

The success or failure of the JCPOA (the Iran agreement), will have a significant impact on the threats our forces are posturing for in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

The ISF is comprised of and led by individuals with varying ethnic and sectarian interests.

The United States has placed specific emphasis on engaging Turkey and incorporating them into the fight against ISIS.

The administration has stated repeatedly that there must be a political solution to the crisis in Syria and Iraq

It's been 1 year since President Obama announced to the world that the United States would undertake a strategy to degrade and defeat ISIS in order to return some semblance of stability to Iraq and create an environment that could lead to…

Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to affect existing permits or leases for or levels of livestock grazing on Federal lands within the monument.

While using the Antiquities Act to further limit activity on another 2 million acres of Utah land was wholly inappropriate, at least President Clinton, at the time, looked to enshrine existing grazing rights.