It is hard for anyone who has led soldiers in combat to disagree, just as the moms and dads of more than 186,000 soldiers deployed in over 140 countries could never disagree.

But instead of strengthening our forces against these threats, we have seen sustained cuts to our military's force structure, modernization, and readiness.

Goodness. Mr. Chanin, if you think it is tough being questioned by Senator Warren, try to be on her first-year contract class panel one day.

Mr. President, 6 months ago, a 12-year-old boy stood before a crowd in a Syrian village not far from Aleppo. This boy was Christian and standing above him were Islamic State terrorists holding knives. In the crowd was the boy's father, a…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________

Mr. President, I grew up on a cattle farm in Dardanelle, where I started helping my dad around the farm when I was just a little boy. In fact, I was kicking hay bales off the truck when I was barely bigger than those hay bales. Growing up…

I think it was once described-- regulation was once described as a moat around the larger firms, protecting them.

It seems that it is kind of in this neither fish nor fowl category now with its relationship to the SEC.

Madam President, last Thursday the Democratic candidates for President had a debate. They made several extremely irresponsible statements about immigration policy. I oppose their calls to reward mass illegal immigration with blanket…

Over the last 7 years, in many industries, to include the financial services industry, we have seen considerable consolidation.

Although commonly perceived as a self-regulator, FINRA is not accountable to the industry in the way a self-regulator would be.