Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:18 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Acting…

Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the president honor the judicial process and let it take its course.

Mr. President, I yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia. ____________________

Mr. President, recently, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to host several veterans who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. I would like to briefly share an incredible story they told me…

Populism is just not a governing philosophy. It is popular and you can win a few elections here or there, but it's not a governing philosophy.

I think we are facing a crisis of conservatism. We've got to get back to the principles of limited government, economic freedom, free trade, if we want to be a governing party.

Drought planning, watershed restoration, better use of existing reservoirs, a reliable water supply and drought protection cannot be achieved without storage infrastructure and forward-thinking management and planning.

Between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm every day, California is pushing no-cost power----

A healthy forest with fewer trees, less choked, that is a better system to have, certainly, than what we experience now in the Ponderosa Pine forest.

Thank you all for your testimony. I appreciate it.

The perception by some is that the drought ended in the West with all the rain and particularly in the Sierra Nevadas.