I have come to believe that it is the smart thing to do, fiscally smart thing to do.

You can do it, we can help.

What we are preparing for is yesterday's flood and not tomorrow's flood.

How can States, particularly smaller States like our State of Delaware, ones with coastline, coordinate and/or pool resources to help the Corps complete bigger and more efficient flood control projects?

The FEMA maps are, frankly, just dead wrong.

This is not funny along our coasts. It is for real.

Although the Federal role in dam rehabilitation and repair traditionally has been focused on rehabilitation of Federal facilities and support for State dam safety programs, some have argued for an increased Federal role in non-Federal dam…

We have 9 feet of sea level rise projected for this century along Rhode Island's shores.

We need an all-of-the-above strategy on the border.

I rise in opposition to the nomination of Representative Zinke to become Secretary of the Interior. As is always the case, I take this opposing position with some trepidation. Having served as the Governor of my State, I appreciate the…

Our funding for Alliance for Prosperity is, I think, very important for that.

Thank you for taking this on. Thank you for being a voice of reason.

We have heard from a lot of folks, different views on what we ought to be doing. One of them was from a fellow whose name is Kyle Meyaard-Schaap. Who is Mr. Schaap? Good question. Mr. Schaap is the leader or one of the spokespersons from a…

and colleagues, if I could have your attention, please. Five minutes please. Two years ago, the Center for Media and Democracy filed a petition under Oklahoma FOIA law called the Oklahoma Open Records Act. For 2 years, the appeal of that…

I ask unanimous consent that the following congressional fellows in the office of Senator Tom Udall be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th Congress. Their names are Emma Locatelli, Sean MacDougall, and Angela Tapia. The…

I said repeatedly on this floor that I take no joy in discord and disagreement. I am not one who is interested in obstruction. I come from a little State like Senator Coons, where we get along pretty well. We believe in the three…

a few minutes ago, we stopped everything right here. Stopped. And the Chaplain of the U.S. Senate came in, Barry Black, retired Navy Admiral, and gave a prayer. We have a Bible study group that meets every Thursday. We met yesterday in Jim…

my friend from Kansas is here. A lot of people around the country think there is probably not much we agree on. I want to say that I agree with just about everything the Senator from Kansas just said. And the fact that 95 percent of the…

I lived in Palo Alto Park, that part of the State. The Naval Air Station was there. It used to be called Moffett Field. It is still there. I remember the hangars that we used during the time we served on Active Duty. I had the privilege of…

I want to continue to share with you and my colleagues the reasons I am opposed to the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. What we do know about Mr. Pruitt's past…

one of the things I love about the Senator from Indiana is he understands there is a Golden Rule. We are one another's neighbors, and we need to treat others the way we want to be treated. States need to treat other States the way they…

good morning to our pages and members of our staff, some of whom have been up all night. I just walked over here from my office in the Hart Building and, along the way, I ran into the Capitol Police and others who are putting in a long day…

I thank my friend for those kind and generous remarks. I thank him for coming to Delaware. I have been privileged to visit the Hoosier State any number of times. I have a basketball in my office from Notre Dame, and I know our friend from…

I ask unanimous consent that of the postcloture debate time under my control, that 50 minutes be yielded to Senator Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Hawaii.

I would like to follow up on something our friend from Mississippi was just saying. I want to make it clear that I am not really interested in obstructing. I am not interested at all in obstructing. What I am interested in is getting to…