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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Kimberly Knackstedt, a fellow in Senator Murray's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee office, be granted the privileges of the floor for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING…
Madam President, on this exact date half a century ago, then-Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a powerful speech in Cape Town, South Africa, a nation that was then struggling through the cruel injustices of apartheid. It was the…
Mr. President, as the Presiding Officer knows, he is stuck with this Senator on the floor on many late afternoons. It seems that when everybody is packing up and heading for home, the Presiding Officer has to listen to this Senator…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following people, Marian Gibson, Debra Prescott, Eric Hanson, and Tim McCrosson, detailees to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, be granted privileges of the floor for…
Mr. President I want to take another few minutes--I think I have the time. I don't see anybody waiting to speak. I want to take a minute and say something about a fellow named John Koskinen. John Koskinen is the Commissioner of the IRS. In…
Mr. President, I rise today to draw attention to the pernicious and malign impact that the Iranian Government and its intrusion into Iraq and Syria are having on regional security, on the condition of people in those two countries, and on…
Mr. President, while our colleague from Florida is on the floor, I thank him for being a loud and vocal proponent and for taking swift action. I thank the Senator for leading the fight.
Madam President, I rise to follow the eloquent remarks of my colleague from the State of Virginia and to remark upon 62 years--62 years since Brown v. Board was handed down by our Supreme Court; 62 days since Judge Merrick Garland was…
Mr. President, I rise in support of emergency supplemental funding for Federal efforts to combat the impending threat of the Zika virus. Reports of the spread of this virus are concerning. Actually, they are troubling, not just for public…
Mr. President, there are today 81 vacancies in our Federal courts, 29 of which are judicial emergencies. I note, with respect, that the majority leader has compared the number of district court nominees confirmed under the previous…
Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 307, Paula Xinis, nominee for the District of Maryland; that the Senate proceed to vote without…
Good afternoon, Mr. President. For more than a year now, as the Presiding Officer knows since he has had the good fortune--or bad fortune of drawing the short straw--of sitting there when I come to the Senate floor just about every month…
Mr. President, just a short note. I think it is important, especially for those who are privileged to live in the First State--the first State to ratify the Constitution. Delaware ratified the Constitution on December 7, 1787, before any…
Mr. President, earlier this month, the Governor of Iran's central bank, Dr. Valiollah Seif, spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington and he made three primary claims. First, he said sanctions did not, in fact, lead Iran to…
Mr. President, I wish to honor U.S. Coast Guard RADM Stephen P. Metruck and highlight his service to country and his contribution to the State of Delaware. Rear Admiral Metruck retired on April 22 from commanding the Fifth Coast Guard…
First I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano) for yielding me this time. I would also like to thank all those who have worked hard to improve this bill. I would like to recognize and thank the gentleman from Arkansas…
Mr. President, 21 years ago this week, the families of 168 people--19 of those 168 people children--received some of the worst news of their lives. That news was that a beloved member of each of their families had been killed in the…