I became a real fan of international trade when I was Governor and led the first trade mission overseas back in 1997.

I can tell you that every country we visited, number one on their list was trade.

That is why when I got to the Senate, I helped to create the STEP Program in 2010 to help small businesses offset the cost of training, market research, website upgrades, and trade missions to begin or expand sales internationally.

I agree with my colleagues. We have a crisis at our southern border. And in New Hampshire, it is affecting us because there are too many deadly drugs flowing into our country and not enough technology and equipment and personnel to stop…

This country is being governed in a State of perpetual emergency.

Congress has the power of the purse.

This country is being governed in a State of perpetual emergency.

I think we need to be very cautious in having these discussions.

What does it mean for the scope of Executive authority if national emergencies can be left open for long periods of time?

I want to shift the conversation just a little bit because of my role as chair of this Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight.

Congress has the power of the purse.

What does it mean for the scope of Executive authority if national emergencies can be left open for long periods of time?

I want to shift the conversation just a little bit because of my role as chair of this Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight.

I think we need to be very cautious in having these discussions.

A national emergency should be something akin to a war and unforeseen circumstances, a pandemic, an asteroid strike.

What does it mean for the scope of Executive authority if national emergencies can be left open for long periods of time?

I have 10 requests, for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

It self-defeats the Congress' Article I prerogative to decide when and where the Executive is supposed to have certain authorities.