may I be recognized for 2 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has no time. That will take consent.

do I understand that we are in the parliamentary procedure where the vote has already been called for at 11 o'clock? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.

I will close by saying that we can't let these people dangle there anymore. We have to come to the aid of our fellow American citizens. Let's remember that when it comes to time of war, Puerto Rico provides some of the bravest military…

this week the Senate is going to consider legislation dealing with the crisis in Puerto Rico. The legislation before us, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, has already passed the House by a vote of 297 to…

I was necessarily absent for three rollcall votes for S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, on June 16, 2016. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of the motions to instruct led by Senator Shaheen and…

yes, this Senator is from Florida. This Senator is from Orlando. This is an AR-15. It is the civilian semi-automatic version of the military version M-16. This is what the killer used in Orlando a week ago. It is the same .223 caliber. It…

FirstNet is at a critical juncture. The nationwide network is closer to reality than ever before, and yet much remains to be decided.

Thank you for listening to my plea. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut. Amendment No. 4750

And the Senator no doubt but unfortunately agrees, along with the rest of us about what happened in Orlando, that these are not weapons for hunting; these are weapons for killing. And this particular weapon has a collapsible stock. Would…

Yes. Mr. President, if I may, if the Senator will yield for a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue.) The Senator from Connecticut has yielded to the Senator from Florida for a question.

since the Senator would like to know what Doctor Joshua Corsa, the medical doctor who owns these shoes, said, he wrote in one of the Orlando publications: These are my work shoes from Saturday night. They are brand new, not even a week…

I wish to ask the Senator about the weapon that was used in Orlando. My home is in Orlando. I was there right after the shooting. Of course, I speculated at the time that this was going to be a combination of ISIS-inspired, a hate crime…