I hope the President understands that if we walk away from the Iran deal now, Iran will have nothing stopping it from pursuing a nuclear weapon.

I would urge you to get an outside review also.

Mr. President, let me thank Senator Udall for his kind remarks and his great leadership. I rise today to add my voice to his voice and to that of so many of my colleagues in calling attention to the growing threat of climate change, and to…

Mr. President, let me thank the Senator from Wisconsin. Like Wisconsin, Rhode Island has a one-word motto as well. Hers is ``Forward.'' Ours is ``Hope.'' Together, they point in the right direction. Americans are dissatisfied. Opinion…

No. I intend to give my remarks, but I appreciate the Senator's intervention. Before the Citizens United decision was delivered up by the five Republican appointees on the Supreme Court--a decision, by the way, that deserves a place on the…

I certainly look forward to cosponsoring the legislation that you are introducing.

I think we have to have this philosophy that it is okay to fail as long as there is good lines of communication between the R&D community and the Congress, we can take these leaps together.

If the U.S. is to remain a global leader in technology, then we just can't play defense, we must also play offense.

Madam President, when we passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, we did so in response to a financial crisis that shook the foundations of our economy and devastated so many of our hard-working constituents. For example…

Mr. Speaker, despite their best efforts, my Republican friends have not fooled the American people. They provided a modest, temporary tax cut for some Americans, but their tax bill raised taxes on 86 million middle class families…

Mr. President, with great appreciation to Senator Crapo, the distinguished Senator from Idaho who has been my leader and partner in all this, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call…

Mr. President, it has been the Senator from Idaho whose leadership has driven this bill forward more than anything else, and I express my great appreciation to him for the opportunity to work with him to accomplish this success. Like…

Mr. President, I am here for the happy task of moving a piece of bipartisan legislation that has been cleared on both sides of the aisle. I am particularly pleased to be doing it in front of the Presiding Officer because the Presiding…

Mr. President, the reason ``I came to speak on the floor [right now is to talk] about an issue that many in Washington would prefer to ignore; that is, [the] climate changes that are being caused by our carbon pollution.'' That is how I…

Mr. President, I will be joined by a series of my colleagues who are coming to the floor this afternoon to talk about the November 2018 elections coming up and the steps we need to take to make sure that the Russian influence effort that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Blumenthal's legislative fellow Mary Miller Flowers be granted floor privileges until the end of June 2018. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Scholer nomination? The clerk will call…

Our competitors are steadily pursuing advanced capabilities and technologies, and I, too, believe we have to continue to invest in both research and development of advanced technologies and transitioning them as soon as possible to the…