Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called…

Mr. President, I look across the Senate and see Senator McCain's desk silent, draped in black, under a vase of white roses, and it breaks my heart. I am here to say my farewell, and I have a bit of a predicament, which is that I am a very…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized. Order of Procedure Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendment be called up: Paul No. 3967. I further ask that at 4:10…

Mr. President, I will take a minute to conclude my remarks and then yield to Senator King of Maine, who I believe will be followed by Mr. Van Hollen of Maryland. The rule we are looking at is basically about 98 percent Scott Pruitt, if you…

Mr. President, I am very happy to join my colleagues to express our view of how pathetic this new Clean Power Plan replacement rule is and how it really makes fools of huge portions of the American people. For farmers who are out there…

Mr. President, I am so grateful to join my colleague today, Senator Warren, to discuss the financial and economic risks that are posed by climate change. You have just heard the Senator from my neighboring State of Massachusetts lay out a…

Madam President, I rise today to support the Senator from Florida, my dear friend Senator Bill Nelson, and to thank him for his leadership in working on a bipartisan basis to enact the Military Lending Act in 2006, which caps the annual…

Rising sea levels and spreading flood plains appear likely to destroy billions of dollars in property and to displace millions of people.

I yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back.

investments in fossil fuels and related technologies may take a huge hit.

Specifically with respect to the U.S., there are models suggesting that should this happen, the U.S. would see a greater than 5-percent decline in GDP and millions of lost jobs.

With the countless challenges FEMA faces, particularly now during the height of hurricane season, we need Director Gaynor on the job.

Thank you for this opportunity to introduce Peter Gaynor, whom the President has nominated to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Let me ask if anyone would disagree with the statement that we have irrefutable, uncontradicted evidence that the Russian Government, at the direction of President Putin, interfered in the 2016 election to favor the candidacy of President…

Why would one question whether the Russians are involved in the election as recently as yesterday if, in fact, you do support the intelligence community?

I do not think that is the way our previous Presidents have acted.

Would that help your efforts in terms of bolstering election security if the President actually said that directly rather than every other day equivocating?

Mr. President, because the time between now and 11:30 is to be shared between me and the ranking member on the Finance Committee, Senator Wyden, I ask unanimous consent that when Senator Wyden appears, I yield the floor to him; that at the…