The rentals generate more than $19.5 billion annually for the industry.

Number one, catch the scammers. Number two, seek the release of innocent victims.

the solution is not a habeas corpus petition in those countries filed by their attorneys.

we need to free those Americans.

This issue is not about me. It's far bigger than me, and far bigger than Judge Gorsuch's nomination. It's about the independence of the judiciary and Donald Trump's attacks on it.

There is a special obligation for him to condemn publicly these attacks, because the independents of the judiciary core principle of our democracy is at stake here.

I'm saying that what Judge Gorsuch said to me was that disheartening and demoralized were what he found Donald Trump's attacks to be.

I was absolutely outraged by these attacks by the President of the United States.

There's no question that Judge Gorsuch said to me that he found this attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing.

Indisputably. He was talking about President Donald Trump's attacks on the judiciary.

Rip up this order. Do not adopt bans based on religious tests or unconstitutional standards.

This ruling may be narrow in scope, but it has very, very broad ramifications in ending the chaos and confusion that the president's executive order unleashed.

I think it's very important that the American public know what happened, who did it, and how.

This really is a fundamental strategic question.

I'm sure you would agree that this Nation and the international community need to be vigilant and vigorous in enforcing this agreement.

I think the American people need to understand.

I wonder whether you would expand on the effects of those kinds of statements on the world order.

I want to come back to undersea warfare that was raised by Senator Reed, because it is identified in the report as the area of our greatest asymmetric advantage right now, but only if we continue to invest in it.

So my question is, in targeting resources, how would you suggest that we preserve that as a priority of the Navy?

I wish to speak now about what should be a right for young people and all people in this country, which is the goal of debt-free college. Over the last months, I have held roundtables around the State of Connecticut--all around our…

I thank my colleague from Nebraska, and I thank the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut. ____________________

I come to the floor on two issues of great importance to our Nation, both involving the rights and opportunities of individuals to live in the greatest, strongest Nation in the history of the world, with the tremendous opportunity to…

I think it reflects a growing sense that one of the great challenges, if not the biggest, ahead in the immediate future is our increasing confrontation with other powers, notably the Chinese and the Russians.

I advocated that the policies be changed. Secretary of Defense Hagel agreed.

I released last week a call to action with 23 specific recommendations focusing on health care, on law enforcement, on over-prescribing of pain killers.