I yield the floor to the distinguished Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). The Senator from Oregon.

today the Senate is poised to take a major step forward in advancing a robust agenda for international trade that better reflects the realities of the 21st century global economy. It provides real benefits for our country. Later today, the…

I compliment the distinguished Senator from Ohio on his remarks here today. He is one of the pillars of this Senate. He is one of the finest men I have served with in the whole time I have been in the U.S. Senate. He is on top of…

I have the same concern about MOX, I am just not as civil as he is.

I think you have seen the direction that Congress has given in last year's NDAA. Any deviation from that would be problematic at best.

2015 was an extremely productive year for our Nation's trade agenda as, on multiple occasions, both parties were able to come together to take several steps to advance effective trade policies that will put our Nation on a more prosperous…

It's a pleasure to welcome everyone to today's hearing, which will be our third and final hearing on the President's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017.

It seems to me that once again the administration is clearly bypassing the intent of Congress.

Maximizing U.S. influence on global nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation is a concern of this Committee, and we cannot achieve this goal without an effective and efficient nuclear export authorization process.

today I wish to steadfastly support the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016. Before I discuss the merits of this critical legislation, however, I wish to congratulate the author of the Senate version of this act, the…

The United States is engaged in equipping and financing the sale of highly-technological, fourth and fifth generation fixed and rotary winged aircraft to Middle Eastern partners for counter-terrorism efforts.

On Monday, Russian President Putin announced that a significant portion of the Russian military will be withdrawing from Syria and that they had accomplished their strategic goals in the country.

I have been in discussions with the Air Force about the potential of allowing the service under certain conditions to sell spare ICBM motors to private sector companies to be refurbished and used for commercial space launch.

Our test and training ranges are important national assets supporting weapon system development and readiness of the joint force.

the future of combat aviation in the Army.

Long term peace will require a political resolution between the various competing actors inside Yemen.

Some of us were skeptical about this initiative from the outset, as we believed that the opposition forces in Syria were much more fragmented than was being assessed.

any change to the universe of persons subject to the Selective Service registration requirement needs to be made by Congress, with input from the American people, rather than administratively or by the courts.