The world will benefit from a strong China. The world will benefit from a strong United States.

the United States is not going to withhold punitive action on cyber in order to protect and save good things on the agenda.

we do have a new high-level dialogue for confronting cyber crime which could be very influential.

I think sometimes the U.S. attitude or policies toward China can come across as either finger-wagging or perhaps telling people what they can and cannot do.

we need to make sure that aid goes in positive directions that support rather than undermine U.S. interests.

One of our biggest problems with the rebalance is that it has been viewed as a primarily military shift.

I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 2082, introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2082) to…

I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak about this Senate bill, which will complete the job in Denver and finish the Denver-Aurora veterans hospital. This has been a longtime process. It has been a struggle. But I want to thank…

Affected communities and stakeholders deserve transparency and accountability in the events surrounding the spill.

Thank you for holding this hearing today.

Let's identify what went wrong to make sure it does not happen again.

These families deserve to have the full attention and dedicated resources of the Administration committed to the clean up.

I commend the Senators from New Mexico and my colleague, Senator Bennet from Colorado, on the need to not just talk about it and introduce it, but to actually pass it to law.

Where was the EPA during this initial notification and closure of the River?

We must also remember this spill had an impact on the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute, and the Navajo Nation.

We need solutions to address the acid mine drainage coming from all of these old abandoned mines.

the EPA was trying to remediate the mine, there is no denying that they caused this spill, and that is entirely unacceptable.

we need to pass Good Samaritan legislation to encourage counties, non-profits and companies to clean up abandoned mines throughout the West.

Although the EPA has acknowledged the magnitude of this crisis, its initial lack of communication and coordination in events leading up to and following the spill are suitable for congressional oversight.

The questions that we must ask today: where was the EPA during this initial notification and closure of the river?

we have asked Administrator McCarthy and the President to prioritize funding for a water treatment plant.

Councilman Olguin will be testifying this afternoon in front of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on the Gold King Mine spill.

I wish to thank the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee for his work to get us to this point, the countless hearings he has held, the briefings that we have had to fully understand the fine details and to scrutinize every aspect of…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…