the Democratic leader and the Democratic assistant leader know my great respect for them. In fact, I spent a great deal of time with the Democratic leader in 2013, reopening the government after the Republicans shut it down. I would like…

along with Senator Feinstein, I would like to pay tribute to Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, USAF, Retired, upon his retirement as the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Today we pay tribute to Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz…

I thank the Senator from Colorado for his remarks. He reminds me of something former Majority Leader Tom Daschle told us one morning at the Prayer Breakfast. He said that after World War II, Archibald MacLeish, who was the poet laureate of…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. Tax Reform

I thank the distinguished Presiding Officer, the Senator from North Carolina. I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes on the nominees on whom we are about to vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

on December 1, 2016, Judge Todd Campbell stepped down as a district court judge for the Middle District of Tennessee. On April 15, 2017, Judge Kevin Sharp stepped down, creating a second vacancy in the Middle District. Those two vacancies…

let me tell you a story. Yesterday, I was in Nashville, and I went to Chick-fil-a on Charlotte Avenue about 2 p.m. in the afternoon, and I ordered six chicken nuggets, some mac and cheese, and some waffle fries. I was about to leave, and a…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my remarks at the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows…

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, the Senate has just invoked cloture on the nomination of David Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health. Mr. Zatezalo is uniquely qualified to lead the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Kan nomination?

I want to briefly thank the Senator from Delaware. As the Senator from South Dakota said, this has been a very contentious issue, but we thought that if we listened enough, we might find a few things we could agree on. Senator Murray and I…

today we are voting on the nomination of Peter Robb for general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB. As general counsel, Mr. Robb will have the important job of helping workers who feel their right to organize collectively…