Mr. President, it is terrific to be joined here today by my colleague from Oregon, Senator Wyden, to address some of the devastating effects of a changing global climate from the shores of Rhode Island and our beautiful Narragansett Bay to…

Mr. President, I want to take a minute to thank Senator Collins and our staff for their hard work on the THUD bill. Their professionalism and dedication to a thoughtful, bipartisan process has been key to moving this bill smoothly through…

Mr. President, I rise to discuss the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. I am very pleased that we were able to pass the conference report with a bipartisan vote of 87 to 10. I think it represents the quality of the work…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Corker). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I also yield back the remainder of my time and urge passage of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act.

Madam President, I concur entirely with the comments of my colleagues about the dangers and challenges presented by China in many different dimensions. I am not going to try to defend President Trump's decision to overrule his…

I think one of the ironies, as you point out, is that we could be disadvantaged because not only don't we get to make the rules, but our companies, our international companies, will follow the rules in China, follow the rules in Europe…

I think the time is running out, frankly, and I think we have to move legislatively to set in motion a framework of disclosure.

Well again, I think your instincts are very consistent with the views of most Americans. But this now has been several years, and we are still waiting for the kind of robust response.

I thank Senator Wyden. Mr. President, it is great to be here to have a birthday party to celebrate Medicare and Medicaid, which are the kinds of huge successes for a nation that don't happen very often, but they sure did happen in America…

Mr. President, the big oil companies--particularly Exxon, Shell, BP, and Chevron--want us to believe they have turned over a new leaf, that they are finally in favor of climate action. All four of them claimed to support the Paris…

I wanted to follow up with Administrator Wheeler on something that he said in response to a question to another Senator, and it had to do, Mr. Wheeler, with not picking winners and losers in the energy industry, and that you would treat…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 1990, the bipartisan effort to identify disability rights as civil rights became the foundation for reducing discrimination for the disability…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, Chairman McCain, Ranking Member Reed, Senator Inhofe, and their staff for their tireless work in…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be withdrawn as a cosponsor of H.R. 2069. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Rhode Island? There was no objection. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus, I am proud to rise in strong support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. This…

My concern is that this data was before the big tax bill which many of us view as a huge handout to those very high-income shareholders.

We do not want foreign money in elections.