on another issue--and more current-- earlier this year, after the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, the government told the American people to stay home and businesses to close--the first time in 240 years of our country…

I ask permission to speak for 1 minute in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

there is an area in Bosnia that goes by the name of Srebrenica. This month is the 25th anniversary of a massacre that took place there. It happens to be the worst genocide on European soil since the Holocaust. Twenty-five years ago, 8,000…

before I speak, several of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, over the next several minutes-- well, probably for more than a half hour--will be coming to the floor to discuss what I am discussing, which is a very important problem we…

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement entered into force on July 1, and I am eager to see the modernized agreement deliver on its promises to spur job growth for American farmers, workers, and businesses, and even help our innovators. Also, at…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute in morning business The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

representative government is a two-way street. To hold up my part of that commitment, I am on my 40th year of holding at least one Q&A in every county every year. Over the past 2 weeks, I had Q&As in 29 counties. Iowans raised their…

I rise today to introduce the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2020. This is a bill that I have been working on for the past 18 months. I made lowering prescription drug costs one of my top priorities as I resumed the role of…

the Department of Defense is the only agency that can't get a clean audit. Sometime around 1990, there was an audit law passed directing Departments to get to a point where they could get a clean audit. DOD is still the only one that…

I have made a career in the Senate fighting against government waste, fraud, and abuse. Most recently, I have found this waste in an office within the Department of Defense called the Office of Net Assessment. Its purpose is to produce an…

today the United States, Mexico, and Canada launched a new chapter in our historic partnership with entry into force of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement--USMCA for short. Thanks to the decisive leadership of President Trump, the USMCA will…

Congress has taken action in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its significant effects on workers, families, and the economy. It is because the State, Federal, and local governments shut down the U.S. economy for the first time in…

if reports are true that Russia has been paying a bounty to the Taliban to kill American soldiers, this is a very serious escalation of what Russia expert Edward Lucas dubbed ``The New Cold War.'' Mr. Lucas said that back in 2008. This…

since I reclaimed chairmanship of the Finance Committee at the start of this Congress, one of my top priorities has been to fix the failing multiemployer pension system and to help secure retirement benefits of more than 10 million workers…

as the Congress considers the defense authorization bill--called the NDAA--this week, I hope that my amendments to improve the Pentagon's financial management systems and crack down on wasteful spending will be supported. Thirty years…

in June of last year, I held an Oversight Committee hearing about foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research. My goal is to ensure that government is doing its job to detect and deter these threats. Since COVID, America's greatest minds…

He finally gets justice, but just think of the life of Mr. Wilke for the 10 years that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and that agency said he could not farm his land the way he wanted to and put in the tile system the way he wanted to…

the past few months have resulted in some dramatic changes in our daily lives. We all know that is because of the virus pandemic, but for America's farmers and the 86,000 Iowa family farms, there were still crops to be planted, fields to…

it was a sad day yesterday when we didn't get enough votes because the Democratic leader didn't want Democrats to vote. We did get four of those votes from that side of the aisle, but the police reform bill didn't come out. Senate…

the Senate will soon cross the milestone of 200 judicial confirmations since President Trump came to the Presidency in 2017. These have been nominees in the molds of Justice Scalia, just as the President promised nearly 4 years ago. They…

today my colleagues on the other side of the aisle voted to block consideration of the JUSTICE bill. This happened to be the first major piece of police reform legislation in years. To be clear, this vote wasn't a vote to pass the bill in…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we are taking a very important vote tomorrow on a bill called the JUSTICE Act. I am proud to cosponsor this police reform bill, and I also applaud Senator Tim Scott for his leadership in improving police accountability while at the same…

President Trump recently signed an Executive order requiring commonsense administrative steps to promote police accountability. Democrats immediately criticized it as weak and insufficient to combat racial injustice, citing the need for…

I ask unanimous consent to have a letter printed in the Record There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, June 12, 2020. Hon. Chuck Grassley…