David Perdue

I thank Senator Ernst. I enjoy her leadership in the Senate. With that, I notice Senator Rounds of South Dakota is here. He was a Governor who dealt with this budget issue in an executive and legislative body in South Dakota, and I am…

Senator Sullivan is a warrior. I am glad to be here with him. It gives me hope that we are going to persevere and get this done. Now to help us close this out, we have our good friend from Montana, Senator Daines, who has real world…

I say thank you to Senator Lankford. I think my colleagues can see the passion and history he has had here and a lot of great thoughts. I note that the chairman of our Budget Committee in the Senate, Senator Mike Enzi from Wyoming, is here…

I say to Senator Tillis, thank you for coming to the floor and talking about this issue. With your experience in State government in North Carolina, you know that 44 States have a balanced budget law. Guess what States don't have a…

I thank Senator Rounds for his comments. I appreciate his leadership as an ex-Governor in this body. I note that Senator Sullivan from Alaska is here, and he has been very outspoken about this since he got here last year--another freshman…

Today we will examine this agreement and how it advances U.S. strategic, political, and economic interests.

I just want to make clear for the record we do not have an existing 123 with either of these countries today.

It would be nice to put that in perspective, but I will remind us all that there is no quantity too small to pay attention to in this area.

I say to Senator Daines, I am honored to be here with the other freshmen. I am humbled by the emotion that I have heard here in the last half hour. I am humbled to be a part of this freshman class. By the way, we all ran on this issue. We…

I am particularly concerned regarding potential issues with export controls and ensuring that none of our agreements help bad actors in getting dual-use technology or other sensitive materials.

Today we are here to exercise a statutory responsibility for Congress to review agreements related to the cooperation on civil nuclear programs.

I think Pakistan is in a very important place geographically and from a time standpoint too.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 9:30…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, September 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the Senate observe a moment of silence in remembrance of the lives lost in…

I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3296) to amend the…

Pakistan is a terrorist haven.

I have one other topic I would like to cover, if I may, and that is about the other conversation we hear about from back home, and that is ObamaCare. We just spent several weeks back home in the State working, and I personally spent the…

I rise tonight after having listened to several floor speeches today. I don't understand it. Here we are again with problems such as the debt, the Zika virus, funding our military, and yet we spent the majority of the day in this body…

I appreciate the accommodation. I would like to add to what has been said here in the last few minutes. We are at a very critical juncture during this Congress and, indeed, in our country. What I want to talk about today is the nonsense…

Technically every dime we spend on defense, every dime we spend on foreign aid, and a lot of what we spend on domestic programs is borrowed.

I rise to continue setting the record straight for the ongoing issue of water rights between Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Army Corps of Engineers. As I said yesterday, language from the committee report that accompanies this…

I rise today to speak very briefly to highlight my opposition to the cloture motion on the appropriations bill for the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and the Science agencies and to discuss an issue of critical importance…

first, I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Arizona, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and the ranking member, Senator Reed, for their tireless work in doing God's work here, and that is making sure we provide for the…

I think the rise of these traditional rivals are really concerning to people back home.

I know next year, in one of their regions, I think it is Shevali actually, they are rumored to be having a referendum about joining Russia again.