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…

There appears to be no one on the floor who wants to speak. I could go another 4 or 5 hours if the Senate would like to stay in session. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn…

this week, the Senate may see an extreme example of how the minority can abuse its rights in a way that provokes the majority into an excessive use of its power. I come to the floor to offer my Democratic colleagues a way to avoid both…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. Thereupon, the Senate, at 7:46 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 10 a.m…

a college graduate who pays more than $1,000 a month on student loans recently wrote the New York Times, ``I was told to chase down a bachelor's degree by any means necessary. But no one mentions just how expensive and soul-crushing the…

Thank you. This is a FAFSA. You may say that nobody knows what that is. Well, 20 million American families know what this is because 20 million American families fill this out every single year. If you want a Federal loan to help you go to…

late in December, I announced that I would not be a candidate for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2020, and that prompted this cartoon in the Knoxville News Sentinel by Charlie Daniel: He says his name is Alexander. He says he is going to…

I am glad the Senator from West Virginia is on the floor because if someone were to ask where do we go from here, her work is the best example of that. Let's stop and think about this just a minute. The issue is whether we should include…

this is what we just heard. The Senator from Wisconsin asked unanimous consent that the Senate approve pay for 400,000 workers who are being forced to work without pay. No Republican objects to the Senator from Wisconsin's idea, but the…

Could the Presiding Officer let me know when 60 seconds is up so the Senator from Alaska can have 60 seconds? And then we can go on with the colloquy people have been waiting for. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

in accordance with rule XXVI.2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I submit for publication in the Congressional Record the rules of procedure for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, as unanimously adopted by the…

I thank Senator Corker, Senator Flake, and the leaders, Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer, for their discussions. I thank the Vice President for his presence here today. In my own view, government shutdowns ought not to be a part of…