Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of my good friend, the Senator from Oklahoma. I look forward to working with him on ways that we can try to come together and solve some of these big problems. In a minute, I am going to talk about…

Mr. President, later today, the House of Representatives will pass a proposal that will be supported by 95, 97 percent of Americans. This is a proposal to make sure anybody in this country who wants to buy a gun in a legitimate transaction…

Newtown, Charleston, San Bernardino, my hometown of Orlando, Vegas, Parkland: Young Americans have grown up associating these cities with pain and tragedy. They have only known a Congress that is unwilling to address gun violence or be…

Madam President, there have been some days recently when I kind of wonder why we even show up to the Senate any longer. This job is not what it used to be. When I get the chance to read about the history of the Senate, I read about these…

I thank the Presiding Officer. Mr. President, from time to time, I come to the floor of the Senate to share with my colleagues stories of the victims of gun violence. I had hoped the statistics that consistently show this country has a gun…

Mr. President, I wish to engage in a colloquy with the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Murkowski, regarding S. 47, the Natural Resources Management Act, often referred to as the lands package, of which…

Thank you. It is also my understanding that S. 47 makes uniform the process by which Federal lands may be closed to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting Moreover, it is my understanding that S. 47 does nothing to change the…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to express my opposition to the amendment before the Senate right now with respect to the disposition of American forces in Syria. First, for my colleagues, let me stipulate that President Trump's…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 65

Mr. President, I want to share with the body today my very short New Year's wish list. It is very short because Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all the same. We need to open the government. We need to reopen the one-quarter of the Federal…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak briefly about the President's announcement today that he is going to be withdrawing 2,000 American troops from Syria. Let me be clear. I thought this was a bad idea from the start…

Mr. President, once again, I urge rejection of this amendment. If passed, it would, again, render the underlying resolution a moot point. I would make two additional arguments against it: First, the entire rationale that the Saudis used…