Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following congressional fellows in the office of Senator Tom Udall be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th Congress. Their names are Emma Locatelli, Sean MacDougall, and…

Mr. President, I want to initially begin by thanking my colleague from Oklahoma for graciously allowing me to proceed first ahead of him. He is, as ever, a terrific colleague. I would like to associate myself with the remarks of my…

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise this evening to speak on the nomination of Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I am going to start by talking in a minute about some of the critical roles…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Mike Boettcher of my personal staff have floor privileges through December 31, 2017, and Andrew J. Wishnia and Ann Marie Chaney of my Environment and Public Works Committee staff have floor…

Mr. President, I yield my postcloture debate time to Senator Schumer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk for a few minutes about the nomination of our congressional colleague, Congressman Tom Price, also known as Dr. Tom Price, to serve as our next Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services…

Mr. President, I rise to agree, briefly, with the remarks of my friend, the senior Senator from Illinois, and to comment that the nomination of Congressman Tom Price of Georgia to be Secretary of Health and Human Services is concerning…

Mr. President, I don't speak often on the floor, but it seems that whenever I do, you are the Presiding Officer. I have said this before, but you are a glutton for punishment. I thank you for your willingness to show up day after day. I…

I will oppose H.J. Res. 57, Mr. Speaker, and I urge my colleagues to oppose H.J. Res. 57. {time} 1615

Mr. President, I would like to thank my colleague from the State of Oregon for his detailed, lengthy, and compelling remarks on the floor this morning about why he will vote against Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education for the United…

Mr. President, I also rise this evening to talk about the nomination of our colleague from Alabama, Senator Jeff Sessions, to serve as our next Attorney General. Like many of our colleagues, I have heard from an incredible number of people…

Mr. President, thank you for your leadership on this issue, and God knows, how many others. You are a force of nature. I am happy to be with you on this day. I come from Delaware, and we have about a million people who live in Delaware…

Mr. President, I would just remind my colleagues that a lot of folks in my State and people I talk to around the country believe it is outrageous that the last President nominated a candidate for the Supreme Court for almost a year--a full…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to this effort under the Congressional Review Act to block implementation of the stream protection rule. CRA offers Congress an important tool, as we know, to consider potentially egregious rules that…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The distinguished Senator from Massachusetts.

Mr. President, after two long one-on-one meetings with Mr. Rex Tillerson, after a thorough confirmation hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee that stretched over some 9 hours, and after extensive additional research and reading and…

On behalf of the people-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

Mr. President, I come to the floor with a lot of other folks to talk about the health care in this country. I think one of the goals we all share--and maybe we are not sure how to get there--is how to make sure that everybody who needs…