any effective strategy to secure our border must address the root causes of migration

I am pleased to support his nomination.

Unless we work with our neighbors to the south... we are simply putting a Band-Aid on the problem.

We need to ensure that we have more judges, more expedited proceedings.

If we do, they can do it. But we need to help.

I think we have seen this movie before and know it pretty well.

I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting it today.

I have long been a proponent of commonsense comprehensive immigration reform to fix our broken immigration system.

To go from that point in time to a country that is stable, not perfect but economically strong and vibrant, has actually made a success of themselves--we have helped them.

I think that is less than half of what was initially sought by the Obama Administration.

As we saw with DERA, delaying emission standards is not a recipe for success.

I offer the amendment. We have discussed it, and I would ask for a yes vote.

We have been funding this Alliance for Prosperity now for, I think, maybe our third year.

I feel bad about the Orioles but good about his legislation.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record letters from 23 environmental health and State agency groups that are opposed to Senator Capito's wood heater legislation, S. 1857.

My amendment today builds on what we know to be a successful formula.

I think we addressed a real tactical issue for remote areas of Alaska, while also trying to find ways we can better improve energy reliability and air quality for those areas.

I want to ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a letter from environmental groups that are opposed to Senator Wicker's S. 2461.

I have concerns about the public health implications of delaying standards even further, which is why I voted no on that bill.

In Delaware alone we have a number of wood heaters, and you have them in your States, too.

we have a great idea, the Diesel Emission Reduction Act, and he asked me to be his Democratic cosponsor.

Our bill will help to improve and expand the harbors, channels, and ports on which our economy depends.

Again, thanks very much for being with us today.

I strongly believe Congress has a critical role to play in ensuring that our Nation invests wisely in clean energy.

Attempts by Russia and Russian government, backing actors to interfere in sovereign elections are not new.