the threat of sanctions is more effective even than the sanctions, themselves.

In my experience, unilateral economic sanctions by themselves rarely, if ever, achieve their intended goal.

Do not, you know, provide sanctions relief.

Mr. President, I agree completely with my fellow Senator from Arizona on this catfish issue. We have a lot of fiscal challenges ahead. If we hope to tackle the immense fiscal challenges ahead, we have to vote right on issues like this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business and have my time charged for the proponents of the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I come to the floor to speak with regard to providing funding for the emerging Zika crisis that the Senate will be considering on the floor today. We in this body and the entire Congress over the past several years have…

Mr. President, in the fall of 2014, an outbreak had the world on edge in West Africa. The Ebola virus had come about, and three countries were being decimated. It was at this time that the director of the National Institutes of Health gave…

I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Free Trade

Mr. President, spring has sprung, April showers are giving way to May flowers, and soon we will be in the dog days of summer. Every bit as much as a tired cliche, we have again heard sabers rattle in opposition to free trade, which tends…

When folks hear that this study was funded by taxpayer dollars, I am sure there will be equal disgust by both Republicans and Democrats. Another study was funded to see if one can outrun a dinosaur. The NSF and NIH gave taxpayer dollars to…

Iran has been a pariah since 1979 because of its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other activity.