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 Syria policy has…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

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 Government that…

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, primarily because our…

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 for the military…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I understand it will be on a voice vote. This exemption, just like the amendment that will follow, is so broad as to render the underlying resolution impotent. Let's be clear. The existing…

I come to the floor today to join many of my colleagues in support of passage of the underlying resolution. I was pleased to be one of the original cosponsors, along with the Presiding Officer and Senator Sanders, amongst many others. This…

The cover-up was run by the Saudi government and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, is effectively in charge of national security inside Saudi Arabia.

Our resolution pulls the United States out of that military coalition with Saudi Arabia. And given what a high priority that coalition is to the Saudis, it's probably the most important, the most impactful signal that you can send to them.

the most important qualification is that you show up on Donald Trump's T.V. screen and if you're successful in that endeavor, then you seem to be a top candidate to get a whole bunch of top positions in the U.S. government.

I want to speak very briefly on behalf of the resolution being offered today by Senator Sanders, Senator Lee, me, and several others. I encourage my colleagues to support it. I want to use my brief time to respond to some of the arguments…

There are absolutely others. This is not the only substantial figure in the family who could lead that country moving forward.

This whole this is a cover up. I think that's what the facts will eventually be. But we know one fact for sure and that was for two weeks the Saudis lied and tried to get away with it when they knew that he was dead.

But increasingly, they are doing things that are hurting the United States, whether it'd be the war in Yemen or this crackdown on the free press.

Well, the jury is not really still out on this question. I love the response, we'll see if they're going to be transparent. They lied. They lied for two weeks. They let the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo go over to Saudi Arabia, stand next…

But I think we're going to have to ask some deeper questions about why we have become so pliant to the Saudis when we already have all the evidence we need to know that they had been lying to the world and to the American public.

this is just one piece of evidence that none of us saw prior to this moment that would have provided important back up to Dr. Ford's testimony. I don't know why this person wasn't interviewed who can testify that Dr. Ford told him of this…

these are the big leagues for a Senator. Depending on how long you serve here, you get only a handful of opportunities to vote on the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice. We may know how this is going to go tomorrow, but many of us who…

this is the first time I have come to the floor to speak on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh since the events of the last several weeks. I want to say this at the outset in the most dispassionate way I can: I have come to the conclusion…

Candice Bowers overcame a lot of challenges in her life. She raised two children as a single mother. She worked as a waitress at Mimi's Cafe. She had a wide circle of friends. She adopted a little girl named Ariel, who was a relative's…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Las Vegas Mass Shooting

I disagree with Senator Alexander with respect to the ability that the Secretary has to allow Title IV funds to be used to arm teachers.

That, to me, would suggest that it was the clear intent of those who wrote the bill on this Committee to deny the use of those funds to arm our teachers.

I also agree with Senator Murray's concerns around the way in which this administration is failing to enforce many of the accountability metrics.

I think it is important to understand that even given these Russian compliance problems, we can work through them.