I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 2273 Withdrawn

as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am pleased that we as a committee have once again come together in a bipartisan fashion to advance the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which I believe is a vital piece of…

I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

How about the city of Pierre?

It has been a very busy day and I think most of us have had 25 to 28 different events, including Senator Booker.

This was more than just one or 2 months?

What we are actually getting at here, if I understand it correctly, since they basically have purchased land along the river in order to create the mainstem dam of the Missouri River, the mainstem dam system, the Pick Sloan project, they…

I don't think Congress would have passed the 1944 Flood Control Act by giving the Federal Government total control.

Congress has worked very hard to try to make it clear that the States still maintained their responsibility and authority over water rights within their States.

The primacy of the States' rights to control the water within their borders on these navigable waterways.

The proposed rule is an attack on these States' rights and the States' ability to access these natural flows.

In the Flood Control Act of 1944, which is the authorizing act which created the mainstem dams on the Missouri River, there was a discussion at that time.

I hope that this helps to bring some focus on what I think is a true injustice that has been started

Can you talk a little bit about the way that they have treated some of our water systems, trying to even upgrade systems that are even already right there?

Would it be fair to say that the inflexibility that happens at the Federal level when you try to do a one-size-fits-all, would it have been manifested in 2011?

I am just curious. I look at the different weather conditions that are out there right now, and my first thought was is perhaps the first step would be to provide more information to both drivers and driverless vehicles.

when we took up tax reform, we had one goal, and that was to make life better for hard-working Americans. That involved a couple of things. For starters, it involved putting more money in Americans' pockets right away by cutting their…

I have been listening to the debate, and I wish this debate would go on, on a regular basis, in the U.S. Senate. I think it is healthy. I wish there were a process in place today so that every single amendment brought up could have this…