Madam Speaker, predictably, our colleagues are misrepresenting the contents of this bill. This bill does not affect any abortion provider who currently performs the procedure and who wishes to continue. If the Conscience Protection Act…

Madam Speaker, it is not true. Conservatives don't ask for bosses to purchase weapons that are protected under the Second Amendment. Why must my Progressive colleagues ask private citizens to pay for the death of a child? I yield 3 minutes…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to remind my colleague--perhaps he has forgotten--that the House dealt with the Zika crisis and the Zika virus. We sent a bill over to the Senate, and it was the Democrat…

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--and I will be very brief--sometimes when I hear these debates, they seem to be far-ranging and they are getting off the main subject. The motion that is before us would basically unwind a…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. Sometimes when I come to the Senate floor, I can't help but think that people who are watching me in the Gallery and watching on C-SPAN are thinking: What's going on? I thought we were working…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--and, of course, I will. I would like to put all this in perspective and talk about the theatrics that we sometimes call the discussion on the Senate floor. You know, I think that we have a…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. I wish to just touch briefly on what the distinguished Senator from Hawaii mentioned regarding vacancies. If you take a look at the average number of vacancies over the last 25 years or so…

Mr. President, I want to get back on doing my job. I promised the people of North Carolina I was going to help fund the VA. That is why I am proud to be a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. I told the soldiers down at Fort Bragg…

Mr. Speaker, for far too long there has been a discrepancy in what students are learning in the classroom and what employers say they need in the workplace. The passage of the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in 2014 was…

Madam Speaker, my colleague is correct. This debate is far from the facts, but it is not on our side of the aisle. When you say something wrong, repeating it doesn't make it correct. This bill has nothing to do with abortion access. That…

Mr. President, I want to thank my friends and colleagues from Montana, Alaska, and Iowa for being here. I particularly want to thank Lieutenant Colonel Ernst for her service. She is now a veteran, but she served bravely. I want to thank my…

Senator Sullivan asked Senator Ernst whether people in uniform are watching. Let's talk about other people watching. What about the families of those men and women in uniform, the ones whom Democrats have decided to say no to for a pay…

Wouldn't you agree with that?

I continue to get a disproportionate number of people who are saying their premiums are going up or their companies are going out of business.

Somewhere in the middle is where we need to be. Wouldn't you agree?

I want whistleblowers, in the industry, to let us know.

I'm here to tell you that the reason why I'm not going to give you real examples by banks is because they're afraid that you will come after them.