I see Senators Isakson and Tester are here. I think they want to make remarks before the vote. Let me say a few words following up on Senator Murray, and then I will place the rest of my comments in the Record. This is very important…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 1052 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I thank Senator Murray and the committee for 2 years of work to produce a bipartisan result. This bill funds the Food and Drug Administration and advances the 21st Century Cures legislation that Senator McConnell called the most important…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1052) was…

I ask unanimous consent that after the disposition of the Brouillette nomination, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 2430, that all postcloture time be expired, and the motion to proceed be agreed to; further…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the commitment letter for the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, PDUFA, reauthorization for fiscal years 2018 to 2022, known as PDUFA VI. There being no objection, the material…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the commitment letter for the Biosimilar User Fee Act, BsUFA, reauthorization for fiscal years 2018 to 2022, known as BsUFA II. There being no objection, the material was…

today the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Marvin Kaplan to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB. I am glad that we are moving this nomination because the National Labor Relations Board needs to function as…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the commitment letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the commitment letter for the Generic Drug User Fee Act, GDUFA, reauthorization for fiscal years 2018 to 2022, known as GDUFA II. There being no objection, the material was…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the commitment letter for the Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2017. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: MDUFA…

this afternoon, Senator Murray, the Senator from Washington State who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and I, the chairman of the committee, made a joint bipartisan announcement that…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for his courtesy in allowing me to go next. ____________________

last Wednesday at the White House, President Trump invited Republican Senators there, and he recommended to us that we repeal and replace ObamaCare at the same time, simultaneously. He said that before in his interview on ``60 Minutes'' in…

I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Purusant to rule XXVI. paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the…

I am here with Senator Corker today to address the Senate and encourage this body to vote in support of Bill Hagerty as our Ambassador to Japan. In 2013, when Bill Hagerty was the commissioner of economic and community development for…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Rapuano nomination?

I am grateful that the Senate has approved that measure naming the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville. I stand at the desk of former Senator Thompson. This was a desk that Senator Howard Baker also…

here is the scorecard on 557 Presidential nominations during the first 100 days of the Trump administration, through April 29. According to the Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with the Washington Post, on Cabinet…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 375, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 375) was…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 75, S. 583. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 22 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…