Let me finish, if I may, because we are trying to get to the vote. Well, yes, I yields.

I thank the Senator for his support. Mr. President, in addition to this, for those on this side of the aisle who oppose the waters of the United States, remember that the courts have enjoined it, and President Trump has rescinded it…

What that means in plain English is that we will have a vote at 2 p.m. If we secure agreement, we could quickly wrap up this afternoon. If we don't, we will have further votes this afternoon. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Tennessee.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To increase employment for members of the Armed Forces in…

I thank Senators on both sides of the aisle for working well this week on the appropriations process. We are off to a very good start. We have voted on six amendments in the last couple of days. We have about 20 others that we are close to…

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…

I wish to thank Senators on both sides of the aisle and staff members for working together to have a good process this week on our first appropriations bills. We have three of them that we made progress on. We had six recorded votes in the…

I want to thank the Senator from Delaware for his customary leadership. He has been wise to come up with this idea. In some cases, the Corps of Engineers has completed projects under budget. The Corps had excess non-Federal funds paid by…

I ask unanimous consent that there be 10 minutes of debate and that following the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate vote in relation to the Gardner amendment and the Carper amendment and that there be no second-degree…

for the information of Senators and staffs, the leadership staffs are talking now about the possibility of a vote at about 4:45 this afternoon on a proposal by Senator Crapo and Senator Whitehouse, which would be a pilot program for…

for the information of colleagues, we are hoping within the next few minutes to have clearance from the leadership to be able to move ahead on a vote this afternoon on an amendment by Senator Crapo and Senator Whitehouse involving a pilot…