the effects would be devastating so much so that my colleague, a Republican former Senator, Senator Mel Martinez, joined with me for all of the reasons that I've stated, and we put in law, off limits until the year 2022 drilling in the…

And I would, finally, appeal to you, as a Floridian who lives on the coast, that there is not only a tourist industry, which is an $85 billion a year industry, in Florida, almost a million jobs connected with tourism, much of which depends…

Given that expanded role and the incoming President's desire to make job creation and overhauling trade deals top priorities, I hope that we'll hear from you today.

That shouldn't happen and that should be troubling to all of us.

Well, Mr. Chairman, just in closing, I will point out that NOAA and NASA measurements over the course of the last 4 decades have shown in southeast Florida that the sea level has risen from 5 to 8 inches.

fraudulent and abusive phone scams plague thousands of Americans each year. These deceitful practices cause serious financial harm to victims, and have even led to tragedy in a few cases. Both the Committee on Commerce, Science, and…

Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, if you really want to rile up the senior citizens of this country, then you start taking away their prescription drugs. If that is what you want to do, then you better vote against my amendment. If you…

I vote no. Mrs. McCASKILL. Because there is no replace, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.

on December 23, 2016, the world lost a true hero. Dr. Piers Sellers was a scientist and an astronaut, having flown three times on the space shuttle. On his first mission, he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space…

Do you commit to provide this Committee with details of your plan for infrastructure funding, particularly your recommendations on the Federal funding?

It is so important that we get a full FAA reauthorization, a multiyear.

In order to get these infrastructure projects done with Federal funding, we need to know what the Administration is proposing.