I thank Senator Inhofe for joining our Oceans Caucus just recently.

I very much hope that, as we proceed with the initiative, Mr. Chairman, that we make oceans and coasts a significant part of this.

I think they are probably trying to find a decent way to back off and I think also, they know this is a sparkly object that the media will chase.

In law enforcement, a wiretap is a wiretap, and you need a warrant to get one and it lets you listen in on the substance of the conversation, and it's a term of art and it's one that we intend to run down.

Mr. President, before I get into my ``Time to Wake Up'' speech, let me say I appreciate the concern of the Senator from Texas that the Affordable Care Act leaves too many Americans uninsured. I am not sure the solution to that problem is…

The United States is not a nation that will disregard the law or compromise basic values.

U.S. information operations require what I believe is a whole-of-government approach.

Mr. President, I am reintroducing the PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act along with Senator Grassley. This bill permits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, PCAOB, to make public the disciplinary proceedings it has brought…

Comey would not confirm whether or not the FBI is indeed investigating Trump campaign ties to Russia.

The Flood Insurance Program provides much more than simply reimbursement to people who suffer damage: flood mapping, mitigation, a whole host of issues that are critical to communities and critical to resiliency.

I simply want to concur and thank you for holding this hearing. It has been very important, and it will be a foundation for further work by all the Military Services, not just the Marine Corps, all the Military Services, and this Congress…

In my view, the Marine Corps must and will attack this problem with the vigor that the Marine Corps has demonstrated time and time again.

There simply is no room for behavior that humiliates and degrades a fellow servicemember.

You cannot have individual marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast guardsmen who are marginalized because of gender or any other characteristic.

The nonconsensual posting of explicit photos of female marines on a public website is repugnant and just plain wrong and inexcusable.

Mr. Speaker, right now Republicans are racing to pass TrumpCare, legislation that repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act. They are racing to pass it to because they know when the American people find out what is in this bill, they…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 153, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Aye.'' Stated against:

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017. Mr. Chairman, there can be no doubt that this legislation is an assault on the civil justice…