I want to thank you and Chairman Wilson and Ranking Member Keating for convening this hearing.

Mr. President, I rise to discuss my amendment, which will provide partial relief from the caps imposed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 on both the defense and nondefense portions of the budget for fiscal year 2017. The chairman has…

Mr. President, I second Senator McCain's comments about the cooperation and collaboration. We hope that tomorrow we can move forward on several amendments, and I want to join him in commending and thanking our colleagues for their help…

Mr. President, I look forward to a very thoughtful debate tomorrow. Senator McCain has introduced an amendment that would increase spending with respect to the Department of Defense and related functions. In this amendment, we are…

Mr. President, I wish to comment on the two pending amendments. I will begin by thanking my colleague from South Carolina for his thoughtful and kind words about the collaboration we have both witnessed on the committee as we brought this…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4549 to McCain amendment No. 4229, and I ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment by number…

Mr. President, I wish to first inquire how much is remaining on my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There are 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Madam President, I thank and commend the chairman. As he indicated, he has proposed an amendment, and he is also allowing us to prepare a second-degree amendment, which I would like to offer as soon as it is ready and then conduct debate…

Madam President, the key aspect of this legislation that was included in the committee mark is that it is a pilot, and I believe, along with the chairman, this is the best way to evaluate the merits or demerits of privatization of…

Mr. President, I am really grateful to the junior Senator from Delaware for inviting me to his home State and for joining me here today for my ``Time to Wake Up'' speech No. 139. Senator Coons and I spent a terrific day touring the…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Merkley. We are pleased these provisions were included in a bill and believe it is fitting they are included in a package designed to protect the public from toxic chemicals, like mercury, and named after the…

Mr. President, we rise to highlight two mercury- specific provisions--the creation of a mercury inventory and expansion of the export ban to certain mercury compounds--in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act…

Mr. President, as the song said, it has been a long, strange trip getting here, and it has had its share of near-death experiences, as Senator Udall is intimately aware of. I was involved with Senator Merkley and Senator Booker in one of…

Madam President, I rise to discuss the fiscal year 2017 national defense authorization bill, which was passed out of the Armed Services Committee on May 19 by a vote of 23 to 3. I want to begin by thanking Chairman McCain, not only for his…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Scott Fletcher, a Government Accountability Office detailee to the Senate Armed Forces Committee, have floor privileges during the consideration of S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which would not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, this amendment is simple. It adds…

Madam Speaker, this week I was thrilled to participate in the fifth annual Foster Youth Shadow Day. It was truly an honor to host Randy Colon, a young man from my home State of Rhode Island, as my shadow. He is a bright young man full of…

I am opposed to the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Langevin moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5055 to the Committee on Appropriations with…