The President's budget came out and whacked the Coast Guard, along with TSA and a lot of other agencies.

we have faith in you being the adult in the room because of your past record and your past performance.

The President's budget proposal will force kids in rural America to go hungry while wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on misplaced priorities like a wall that won't keep us safe.

I am very pleased to see the majority of the Senate move forward and vote on the nomination of a fellow westerner, Montana's Congressman, and the next Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke. I appreciate Ryan's willingness to serve in this…

tonight the Senate took a long overdue step forward in finally confirming Congressman Ryan Zinke to be our next Secretary of the Interior. You know, we could have done this on January 20. You see, Ryan Zinke is not a controversial nominee…

We will work together on that. I yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

I can tell you it is bittersweet to be here today. As we sometimes say back home: I've got some good news; I've got some bad news. On the good news side, we are here today to confirm Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the next…

I am not sure if that is a direct question or a rhetorical question. Of course, Cory--the Senator from Colorado--they would be held accountable, and that is why we need to hold the Superfund sites. We need to hold sites, like what happened…

I rise today to discuss the nomination of Scott Pruitt. I understand when we hit high noon, there will be time for prayer. You tell me, and we will yield back and get this done. I want to talk about the nomination of Scott Pruitt and how…

folks are coming to Montana from all over this country because of our clean air and clean water and the habitat it provides. Not only Montanans, but this entire country respects clean air and clean water. In fact, in Montana, it is…

Taking the taxpayers off the hook and getting it out of conservatorship is really important.

Well, I appreciate all your work. Just a closing comment, and this is not why I came here at all, but the Census figure because of technology should be going down, not continually going up.

Move it to April 15th.

I think we will do our best to get that in front of you so we can get your recommendations to make sure we are not pushing that does not solve the problem in its entirety.

If they do not take these seriously, we are going to.

I rise, as did the Senator from Georgia, in support of the nomination of Dr. David Shulkin to be Secretary of the VA. First, I wish to take this opportunity to thank Senator Isakson for his leadership of the Veterans' Affairs Committee and…

I yield back the remainder of our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic time has been yielded back. The Senator from Georgia.

I want to thank the Senator from Delaware, and I also want to thank the Senator from Georgia, who has about the same length speech as I have here--short and sweet. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of thousands of Montanans who have…