It sounds to me like we are going to be leaving town next week, which is crazy.

I thank Senator Lankford for his thoughts. As freshmen who are new to the Senate, we are scratching our heads, like the American people are, as this institution--our friends across the aisle are holding up funding our troops. At the same…

I thank Senator Gardner. I know he is very proud as he is standing here representing the Air Force Academy--what an incredible institution--Cheyenne Mountain, NORAD. I thank him for coming down to the floor and making their voices heard…

I thank Senator Rounds for those thoughts. As a member of the Appropriations Committee myself, I am again struck by thinking that the Defense appropriations bill passed out of our committee by a vote of 30 to 0. Yet trying to bring it to…

while I was home last weekend, I had a chance to visit with servicemembers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, MT, as well as the Montana Air National Guard, also in Great Falls. Every time I visit them, I am incredibly humbled by…

U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Sullivan, I thank you, and I appreciate those comments. When Senator Sullivan talks about our colleagues saying no, what they are saying no to is over 1.2 million Active-Duty military and over 800,000…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Defense Appropriations

Senator Capito has made a very good point. After she spent 14 years in the House, this is the easy bill to pass. Funding our military, funding the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States--that is the easy bill. In the…

It is called the 'Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act.' It is an important bill that will offer consumers flood insurance options.

my distinguished colleague from Oregon commented about how technology companies are concerned about what is going on. I spent over a decade in the private sector--in fact, 12 years with a cloud computing company. We had 17 offices around…

There should be a system in place where truth matters.

the law itself should be blind, and when an agency can violate the law and hide behind a stonewalling, it frustrates us all.

Congress, the Administration and tribes must continue working together so we can replicate that success on other reservations.

You know, there is absolutely a necessity to have whistleblowers protection.

These organizations are key to increasing Native access to capital in our Native communities.

There is a recent study that was conducted by the University of Arizona, regarding increasing access to capital and credit in Native communities.

I also wonder, is there a little of the chicken and egg here? In other words, does some of this uncertainty come from the fact that some of these lenders, frankly, just haven't done business in tribal communities before?

I think it could be good.