I wish to address the resolution the Senate is now considering. In 2015, 85 U.S. Senators voted for the law fixing No Child Left Behind, which reversed the trend to a national school board and restored decisions to classroom teachers…

tonight the Senator from Maryland, Mr. Cardin, and I and a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, have submitted a resolution reaffirming the strong alliance between the United States and Australia. I wish to speak about that for a few…

will you please let me know when 4 minutes has expired and then when 5 minutes has expired, and then I will allocate to the Senator from South Carolina the last 2\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will so advise.

Thank you, Mr. President. She has led the most effective public school reform movement over the last 30 years and she has a commitment to help low-income children. I would say to my Democratic colleagues, we confirmed President Obama's…

I am voting for Betsy DeVos because she will implement our law fixing No Child Left Behind the way we wrote it--to reverse the trend to a national school board and restore control to classroom teachers, to local school boards, to…

was there not enough time to question her? I wonder. We treated her just like we did President Obama's Education Secretaries. She offered to meet with the Democrats in December. They refused. She finally met with them in their offices…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.

I urge a ``yes'' vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.

with this vote, the Senate will move early next week to confirm the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be the U.S. Education Secretary. In my judgment, she will be an excellent and important Education Secretary for this country. The No. 1 job of…

I ask unanimous consent to have the subcommittee assignments for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows…

I ask unanimous consent to have the committee rules for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: SENATE…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I come to the floor to thank the Senator from Alaska and the Senator from Maine for this reason: They are following a long and venerable tradition in the United States Senate that too many Senators do not follow. They are allowing--despite…

Democratic Senators are searching for a valid reason to oppose the President's nomination of Betsy DeVos to be U.S. Education Secretary because they really don't want Americans to know what their real reason is. Here is the real reason…

I will point out again that I see no reason I should treat a Republican President's nominee so differently than a Democratic President's nominee would be treated. Betsy DeVos has visited every office of the Democratic Senators. She has…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for the purposes of the…

I call up my amendment No. 174 and ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from…

this amendment is an amendment I believe almost every Senator will want to vote for because this is an amendment that guarantees that when you walk into the local drugstore, your medicine is safe because you know that it has been approved…

I ask unanimous consent that Elizabeth Joseph, a health policy fellow in Senator Cochran's office be granted floor privileges through July 31, 2017. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee, who has spent a great deal of time on this. I like the way he put that because I think what we want to assure people of--at least, I think that is what almost all of us feel--is…

we are engaged in the first step to debate what is important to virtually every American. What we want to do is to find good ways to reform and replace ObamaCare and then repeal the provisions of it that have damaged so many Americans…

knowing there is a reception coming, I will try to set a good example. After hearing a speech, my late friend Alex Haley, the author of ``Roots,'' said: May I make a suggestion? I said: Well, yes. He said: If, when you make a speech, you…

at 2 p.m., the Senate will move to a final passage vote on legislation we call 21st Century Cures. It has been called by the majority leader the most important piece of legislation the Congress is likely to act on this year. The House of…

the Senator from Washington knows how much I appreciate her leadership and enjoy working with her, and I think we all respect the fact that she enjoys getting results that help the American people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous…

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