Johnny Isakson: “I think the point is it's very important that we carry out not only the letter of the law but the spirit of the law.”

I thank the gentleman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Murphy nomination?

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise for a moment to talk about a vote we will have tomorrow in this Chamber on a motion to adopt an amendment to the supplemental appropriations passed by the House, and it is a disaster amendment dealing with…

all Democrats and Republicans, pay close attention. I have been here for 20 years, and I have seen a lot of shutdowns-- about five of them. I want to talk about what they have produced. The first one with Bill Clinton produced Monica…

Reserving the right to object, I want to say to my committee member how much I appreciate his dedicated work. In the committee, we work on a lot of things, including the diseases in here, getting presumptive conclusions done so we can…