I ask unanimous consent that the Young amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 772) was…

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (S. 1182), as amended, was passed, as follows: S. 1182 Be it enacted by the Senate and House…

Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving.

I am very proud that Senator Sullivan is taking the lead on it, and I am co-sponsoring it.

S. 785 would solve these problems and properly honor our Alaska Native Veterans for their service to our country during the Vietnam War.

This is a difficult inequity that is really hard to comprehend, much less accept.

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to my second-session summer interns Kasey Casort, Hannah McCue, Jesse Oney, Ronald Meehan, Dawson Verley, Evan Ipock, Samantha Warner, Kobe Rizk, Brian Dusek, Madeline Ko…

I have come to the floor to speak this evening in support of the confirmation of David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. The Deputy Secretary is the department's COO, or chief operating officer. This is…

this Saturday Alaskans will observe ``Ted Stevens Day,'' a living memory to Alaska's greatest Senator, who left us 7 years ago next month. As family, friends, and former staffers of Senator Stevens gather in Alaska for this annual…

OPEC no longer holds all of the cards when it comes to the price of oil.

We are in a position to export energy to our allies, lessening their dependence on unfriendly and unpredictable regimes around the world.

Today we are far more energy secure than at any point in recent memory.

this must be remedied.

This was the first time that we had been successful in including money in the program since 2008.

There is going to be accountability and eventually, we are going to have to call out people when they are not performing.

It is clear to me that any potential changes to national policy regarding Medicaid and health insurance programs will directly impact Tribal communities and Native lives.

I think we all recognize that this has got to be a priority.

I am concerned that this budget cuts $99 million from IHS facilities despite the Service's estimated $10 billion construction backlog.

this is not acceptable.

This budget request proposes an 18 percent cut to the facilities program.

If decisions are going to be made to make reductions in this particular program, again, we need to understand what that is going to be doing to the delivery of the services that are expected.

We need your help in these counts. We cannot take the excuse that we are trying anymore.

I would like to think that we are not going to be going down another path with the same situation where we acknowledge that there is a Federal responsibility.

Unfortunately, the budget proposal does not include funds in fiscal year 2018.

This may seem like a bean-counting technical bill but it is the foundational piece for change for Native American students.