Since 1990, finfish aquaculture has been prohibited in Alaska's state waters.

Alaska does choose to allow certain forms of aquaculture, such as salmon fishery enhancement through hatcheries.

I guarantee you if every single person in this room did a blind taste test, it would be 100 percent for the wild Alaska salmon.

We created, in my state, the Alaska Mariculture Task Force to help accelerate development of mariculture.

Canada has not acted like a good neighbor on this. They are ignoring our concerns, and they are very legitimate concerns.

no American citizen should live in a community where it is essentially like a third world country.

every week, I have been coming to the floor, going on 2 years now, to talk about what makes my State, the great State of Alaska, such an amazing place to live--gorgeous, untouched mountains, the glaciers, the wildlife. I have live web cams…

It's an important issue for my state and others.

It would be good to be able to learn from this so we can be ready next time.

There seems to be a lack of reciprocity in how they operate and how we operate.

The Trump administration has pretty much put out a red line.

No, I will not yield. I will finish, and the Senator can respond to this later. Hopefully my colleague from Hawaii hasn't been one of those who have been filibustering spending for our troops, but it has happened. In the summer of 2015, it…

as you can see here, a lot of the Senators are coming down to talk about the government shutdown. We are in a completely avoidable shutdown. There are a lot of speeches, but I think it is important to be clear on one fact. The position of…

as we all know, right now the government is in a shutdown. It is unfortunate. I certainly don't think it should have happened last night. But I think there is some good news. Watching some of the speeches today, we see a lot of ideas…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering George Brown

I try to get down on the Senate floor every week and talk about someone in my State who is making or who has made our State a better place for all of us. It is, actually, one of my favorite parts of the whole week. I know the pages really…

I have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I was just in the Presiding Officer's chair and saw my colleague and my friend for whom I have a lot of respect, the Democratic whip, talking about some of the issues we are looking at right now, in particular, military spending and the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Ernst). Without objection, it is so ordered. Funding Our Military

We need to get those from you. I would ask my colleagues on this side of the aisle, on the other side of the aisle, though, none of the games, right?

Those games do not occur on this Committee.

I talked about the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act.

Delays and delays and delays on, you know, Senate, or Presidential-appointed nominees, particularly as it relates to the VA---- would be a shame.

Let us get them confirmed, let us get them going. We do not need 40 hours of debate on some of these.

It definitely should not happen with nominees to go fill senior VA positions.