Obviously we wanted her there, and it was not just one senator but a broad range, a bipartisan range wanted her opinion.

The Khashoggi murder was a violation of the basic norms of international behavior. And even the suspicion that the crown prince was involved or high level members of the Saudi government was involved raise a serious concerns about their…

We have to understand how dramatically the climate is changing.

Madam Speaker, as cochair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, I rise to recognize November as National Adoption Month. All children deserve the love and security of a forever family. Unfortunately, this is not a reality for too…

I chaired the trip with Senator Nelson to Afghanistan, and it was one of the many kindnesses and examples of leadership and friendship that he extended to me through a long time.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for your comments and for holding this very important hearing.

So move.

I again want to thank my colleague Senator Whitehouse for his very eloquent words about a great American, Claiborne Pell. Just a final comment. If you ever want to feel truly beloved, embraced by constituents, respected and admired, do…

Mr. President, next week will mark what would have been the 100th birthday of my predecessor, Senator Claiborne de Borda Pell, who was born on November 22, 1918. This year, appropriately enough, the date falls on Thanksgiving. We lost…

Mr. President, it is hard, particularly for those of us from coastal States, to overstate the importance of the Earth's oceans as a storehouse of our food, as a regulator of our climate, as a highway for our travel and trade, and as a…

Mr. President, let me begin by thanking my senior Senator, Jack Reed, for calling us to the floor to reflect and memorialize a truly splendid Senator who represented the State of Rhode Island, our friend and a great Rhode Islander…

I want to thank you and Chairman Ratcliffe for convening the joint hearing on such an important topic.

So I may come back to a couple questions, but I wanted to get this clarified, too.

one of the key challenges we face with interagency cooperation is prioritization given limited resources and agencies with different mission sets.

I am pleased obviously that Secretaries Mattis and Nielsen have recently signed a joint memorandum.

Okay. That is something that we would need to follow up on, and I just want to get a status report.

It has been collaborative and bipartisan, and I, too, look forward to continuing our working relationship.

Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, I rise to recognize National Apprenticeship Week. In recent years, we have heard too often about the tremendous skills gap that we have in our country, where too many…