I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the commitment letter for the Animal Drug User Fee Agreements of 2018. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Animal Drug User Fee…

I thank Mr. Blunt, the Senator from Missouri, for his leadership on these commonsense provisions that would help literally hundreds of thousands of restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, pizza stores, and other food retailers as…

I thank the Senator from Alabama for his leadership and his remarks. The President of the United States has got the world's attention with his tariffs. He met today with the President of the European Commission, but what should get more…

I want to thank the Senator from Alabama for his remarks. I come to the floor to discuss bipartisan legislation that he and I, as he said, plan to introduce as soon as next week to encourage the Trump administration to reconsider the…

yesterday the Senate voted to confirm Scott Stump, who was nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the Department of Education. Mr. Stump will be in charge of matters related to career…

today the Senate is finally voting to confirm James Blew, who has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education. He is well-qualified to lead that office. For…

in the next few minutes, the Senate will be taking the next steps on an appropriations process that is being conducted the way an appropriations process is supposed to be conducted. Boy Scouts shouldn't get a merit badge for telling the…

U.S. Senators shouldn't get an award for restoring the appropriations process any more than Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts should get a merit badge for telling the truth because that is what we are supposed to do, but the fact is, last week…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The clerk will call the roll. The…

I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes equally divided prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Utah.

I move to table Lee amendment No. 3021, and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

for the information of the Senators, we are about to move to the consideration of the amendment by the Senator from Utah. I want to take about 1 minute to talk about it. The leader will speak, and then I will move to table the amendment…