I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 23; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc; that the President be…

the Senate should support S. 2764, the Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018

I want to begin by reading an excerpt of an article that ran on October 8, 2012. It was in the New York Times. The article opened with the following quote: A House committee issued a blistering bipartisan report on Monday that accused two…

I think you can only imagine what a nation-state could do with that technology, particularly to our politics.

If we lose the high ground and another nation is dominant because they cheated their way into that position, does that not pose a direct national security threat to the United States?

when the story of the 21st century is written, there will be a couple chapters about Vladimir Putin's Russia, most certainly chapters about radical jihadists, and perhaps a few chapters on some other things we have yet to fully anticipate…

I think it portends poorly to the future of this project, which is a critical national treasure, not just to Florida but for the country.

We can do it, if we can allow the right people the flexibility and the power to get it done.

I think it is streamlining the process, so we can make better decisions sooner, so it does not languish.

We have to make it also structurally easier.

I challenge people to think for a moment what the world would look like if the latest, greatest cures for diseases... were controlled by China.