I yield to the Senator from Connecticut. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut. Unanimous Consent Request--Amendment No. 3793

I think you make a great point. You can play with good rules and you can play with bad rules. If you do not know what the rules are, it makes it very, very difficult to go forward.

When you have obstruction and delays for obstruction and delay's sake, what does that do to things regarding, as you say, union and non-union workers, tribes, and non-tribes?

It is clear that the implementation of Section 401 has created confusion resulting in delays of important infrastructure projects and we discussed the uncertainty.

provide for the non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to the appointment of physicians in the Veterans Health Administration.

We would like to get rid of that and make it such that the VA is exempt from that.

VMFP Strongly supports this bill.

A benefit for one, a benefit for another is not--it is not the way that we do things.

This is an important piece of legislation that will allow many deserving veterans to receive the care and benefits that they have long earned and sought.

I strongly believe that it is due to people giving continued service pushing this forward.

When will EPA complete this rulemaking so facilities can know they have met all of their boiler obligations?

It seems to me that our air permitting system is in desperate need of updating.

I think making sure that we take actions like that to help grow the economy in rural areas is very important.

One of the major problems we have right now is we do not have enough providers in positions to fill.

We have to get these problems done.

today this Chamber will take an important step to ensure that we have leadership in the Department of Veterans Affairs to oversee the implementation of historic reforms that we passed in May to improve the VA's healthcare delivery system…

I am very, very concerned that this could require the U.S. CCPs to implement additional EU law above and beyond our U.S. laws.

According to the EPA's most recent drinking water infrastructure needs survey and assessment, released earlier this year, $472.6 billion is needed to maintain and improve the Nation's drinking water infrastructure over the next 20 years.

I also thank my colleague, the Senator from Colorado, for his efforts in getting this done. It has been a real bipartisan effort. We hear so much about all the infighting that goes on here, and this is certainly one of the underpinnings of…

I wish to highlight an incident that occurred in my home State of Arkansas that has negatively impacted veterans and their families. A former pathologist at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center was found to be impaired, was immediately…

for the first time in a long time, we are bringing appropriations bill to the floor, debating amendments, and voting on legislation. Shortly, the Senate will be voting on the first fiscal year 2019 spending bills. I am pleased the Military…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc: Young No. 2926 and Tester No. 2971. I further ask that the time until 4:30 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form and that at 4:30 p.m. the Senate vote in…

as some of my colleagues mentioned already, today marks 6 months since Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and sent it to the President's desk to become law. When the President signed the legislation, he helped usher in the first…

Thank you, Mr. President. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Toomey). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendments Nos. 2926 and 2971 to Amendment No. 2910