With countries like China and Russia working to undermine democratic values and respect for human rights, American leadership is more important than ever.

Members of the Burmese military responsible for committing genocide and other crimes against humanity must be held responsible for their actions.

I cannot overstate America's centrality in safeguarding human rights, fostering peace, and promoting economic development, trade, and good governance worldwide.

I have had the pleasure of passing the Genocide and Atrocities Act which CCF was very much a part of.

I have fought for this on the Republican side of the aisle for some time.

I can tell you that my Gendercide Bill also is very much a part of that too, that there are so many little girls across this country sadly that are killed and alone because of their gender.

The Burmese military should not receive one cent of U.S. foreign military financing until it takes action to end and atone for egregious human rights abuses.

I think it also goes a long way to helping to build a Burma in which these kinds of brutalities and genocide and human rights violations are unthinkable.

Walls make long-term enemies.

If this unanimous consent request cannot be entertained, I urge the Speaker and the Majority Leader to immediately schedule a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act so that we can protect the sanctity of human life. The…

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 25, S. Res. 70. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant bill clerk read as…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

on February 13 the Rules Committee approved S. Res. 70, which authorizes funding for the Senate's committees from March 1, 2019, through February 28, 2021. For this 24-month period, the 18 committees covered by this resolution are…

Thank you, Mr. President. One of those items was an enrolling correction and the other was funding for committees. Our committees are beginning to do their work, and this makes it, obviously, appropriate and possible for them to do that…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 70) was agreed to…

Continuing as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 21. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant bill…

I just listened to the other debate on the floor, and it reminded me of the fact that our friends on the other side of the aisle introduced a resolution calling on the Federal Government to adopt what they call the Green New Deal. From my…

I might point out to my colleagues just how much of a national emergency this is. {time} 1600 It was President Obama who recognized the crisis at the border. In 2014, President Obama requested $3.7 billion in emergency supplemental funding…