Mr. Speaker, does the vote on the matter pending before us include restoration of funding to protect our elections from Russian interference? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the pending measure.

Point of parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Rhode Island will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I am sorry, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the pending measure. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am now proud to yield to the gentleman from my home State of Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy for the purpose of a…

I assume you are familiar with the Military Lending Act, so if a servicemember would prefer to go to court to enforce his or her rights, instead of being forced into arbitration, do you think that servicemember's choice should be protected?

So I only can assume that you, in fact, used the term 'deterrent' and did not object to it and feel that is the appropriate policy consideration.

The Military Lending Act has been recently strengthened by the Department of Defense with new regulations to close loopholes and to prevent unscrupulous lenders from preying upon servicemembers, men and women.

Mr. President, I am grateful today to be joined by Senator King, from the great State of Maine, to speak about the troubling changes that we are seeing in the oceans and how climate change is reshaping our States' fisheries. The Food and…

Mr. President, Senator King and I yield the floor. First, let me thank him for joining us. Second, with Senators present here from landlocked States, let me make the requests to both of you that, when we come before this body with concerns…

Mr. President, we have to fix this. To use the black sea bass example, the species is comanaged by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Rhode Island only has a seat on the…

I think there is a real opportunity for us to do more in this space.

That is absolutely correct. There is not a law that assigns within the Ninth Circuit which judges will be treated as Oregon judges and which judges will be treated as California judges. Within Rhode Island, we are part of the First Circuit…

Mr. President, to follow up on the remarks of our distinguished Democratic ranking member on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Carper, who spoke about the environmental prospects of Trump's nominee, Brett Kavanaugh…

Mr. President, I wish to join my distinguished colleague from Connecticut in commenting on the qualifications and prospects of these two nominees whom we are facing now on the Senate floor. I thank him for his comments. I would like to…

They would either be giving up the one defense they have to make sure that the seats on the court that are allocated to their State are in fact filled with judges from their State, or they would be suggesting that there should be two…

It would mean that the Senators from that State would have no defense against that change. It would mean that the next Democratic President could appoint Rhode Islanders to Texas. It would mean that the next Republican President could…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 68, line…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment to restore funding for the southern New England estuaries program. I plan to offer and withdraw this amendment in hopes that we can continue this discussion and work out a solution that will…

Mr. Chair, I am grateful for the chairman's comments, and I hope we can, as the gentleman said, work together on this, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, I withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is…