I ask unanimous consent that a copy of my opening statement at the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development's budget hearing for the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2020 budget request be printed in the Record. There being no…

nearly two years ago, just before the Senate voted to confirm Dr. Gottlieb to lead the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, I said that he was ``the right person to lead the FDA in [its] vital mission and move the agency forward so that…

Thank you, Madam President. Today I received a letter from the U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad. Governor Branstad's letter said the following: I am delighted to inform you that China's Ministry of Public Security announced China…

the distinguished Senator from Washington and I often agree on issues, and for the most part we agree on this. We agree that equal pay for equal work is the right thing to do. What I would add is that equal pay for equal work is already…

my Democratic friends from the other side of the aisle often come to me and ask me to cosponsor bills so they will be bipartisan, making it more likely we will get a result. Sometimes they come to me on a difficult issue, and they ask me…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Romney). Without objection, it is so ordered. S. Res. 50

along with my colleague, the ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Murray, I wish to pay tribute to Denise Lowery. Ms. Lowery is a nondesignated employee on the HELP Committee staff and is retiring…

I believe climate change is real. I believe that human emissions of greenhouse gases are a major cause of climate change, and I believe the Democratic plan for climate change, which the Senator from Texas just spoke about--the Green New…

Tennesseans have asked me: Is there really a crisis on the southern border? Do you support President Trump's border wall? And my answer to both questions is yes, I do. I have urged the President to build the 234 miles of border wall that…

on Thursday, I suggested that President Trump has sufficient congressional authority to spend the $5.7 billion he asked for in his January 6 letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman to build 234 miles of border wall without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator…

in a few minutes, we will be voting on the President's nomination of John Ryder, of Memphis, to be a member of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority. To those of us in the seven State region that the TVA serves, it is a very…