I recognize the MVP of the baseball team very much for his heroic athletic ability during the climactic game that we had. I rise today in support of H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which…

Madam President, I thought one of the few things that we agreed on with firearms was that people with serious mental illness-- people who are judged to be mentally incompetent--shouldn't be able to buy guns. That is what we are talking…

Madam President: Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts . . . Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, no one is proposing lifting sanctions on Iran. This is a legislative proposal seeking to solve a problem that simply does not exist. So let's make that clear from the outset. Second, the Biden…

Madam President, right now we are working through a bipartisan proposal to keep the government open and operating, at least for the next several months. But those who study the Constitution might ask: Why is the Senate beginning debate on…

Madam President, this past February, a woman by the name of Maria Zapata Escamilla was startled out of her sleep in her home in a relatively small city in Mexico. She was startled out of her sleep because a band of men armed with powerful…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I heard a very similar speech last week when Senator Paul came to the floor to offer this exact same resolution, and I came to the floor to offer the exact same objection. I guess we are going…

Mr. President, I want to paint a picture for you just for a moment. It takes place on a tarmac in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, just a few weeks ago, in fact. A small private jet arrives from Egypt. It lands there, hoping to go unnoticed…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. First of all, I want to assure the pages that we normally don't spend this much time debating you guys. At the end of the July session, there was a verbal assault on pages who were in the…

Mr. President, as you know, we are at an unprecedented moment in the history of the Senate. There are hundreds of brave, courageous leaders in our military who are being denied--promotions being denied--the rank that they deserve because…

Mr. President, I rise to oppose this amendment, and I want to tell my colleagues why. This amendment creates the illusion of solving our problem, while having very little political impact and likely doing more harm than good. It is a…

I come to the floor to talk about one of the greatest citizens, leaders, and public servants in the history of my State, Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr., who died June 28. We held services for him in Greenwich on Monday, and I want to celebrate…