Thank you, gentleman, that was excellent; and I appreciate you bringing a picture so we can all see that what the Border Patrol and others are running into is that individuals, clearly, are here from other countries illegally, and that is…

You sure know what you are talking about because of the lifelong service that you have given to law enforcement. I loved what you shared. It is time to listen to those people on the ground and in operations. That is who we need to listen…

Tonight, we are here to have a conversation about the situation at our southern border. The President calls it a border crisis and a humanitarian crisis, yet others call it immoral to give more funding to secure our Nation at the southern…

Well said, Representative. Mr. Speaker, now we have my colleague and friend to the south in Arkansas. Representative French Hill wants to share a little bit. I appreciate his being here tonight. I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr…

Thank you so much. I appreciate your perspective down there from Louisiana. You bring up the great point of the number of children coming across. I heard yesterday how Health and Human Services, which gets custody of these children, just…

I thank the gentleman. I appreciate his comments. They were spot on. We are seeing the same thing in Missouri with that meth coming up from Mexico and the record number of people in foster care. It just breaks your heart, and it doesn't…

as our colleague from Iowa just pointed out, these problems not only need to be solved, but they are solvable. At the core of the debate we are having right now is obviously border security. Everybody says they are for border security, but…

I want to thank the gentleman for all his hard work on this. This is an easy bill. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by…

On Friday December 21, 2018, I was unable to vote on rollcall No. 490. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 500. personal explanation

we come to the end of what I think has been a very productive conference. I am not happy, as most of us aren't, with an ending that doesn't allow us to get all of the principal work of the Congress done, which is to decide how we are going…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3749, introduced earlier today by Senator Klobuchar and myself. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill…

while our colleagues show their affection for Senator McCaskill, let me talk a little bit about my relationship with her and her service to our State. She chose not to do that, but she has served Missourians at every level of…

I know that we have a number of things scheduled here, including some farewell speeches from some of our colleagues. I was scheduled to speak, and I do want to speak, and I will try not to take too much advantage of the time. I wanted to…

I further ask that the Senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each; further, that at 2:15 the Senate vote on the Kobes nomination as under the previous…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________

I do not want China once again interfering in a very important memorandum of understanding.