Joni Ernst

I will just note very briefly for the record that there is no indication -- we all burst out laughing. There is no indication that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to ban farm animals and cars that they will once they seize power.

I thank Mr. Sasse, the great Senator from Nebraska. I want to thank him for joining the colloquy and for offering the bill that would save these babies that, as he described, are born in horrific circumstances. But a baby is a baby, and it…

Before I begin my remarks today, I do want to thank the senior Senator from Texas for his remarks on the Violence Against Women Act and the Debbie Smith Act. I think it is vitally important that both of these acts are reauthorized this…

We have a picture that's painted by media and we don't know what's accurate or not.

I can aye, nay, whatever, President is going to say what the president is going to do.

First, I would like to thank my colleague from Oregon. I appreciate that very much.

This is an unfortunate growing trend in Africa.

I think we should tap into that resource.

That has already warned, for example, the Burmese Government to reduce the size of the deep-sea port that China has proposed to build in their country.

Djibouti serves as a first example of the Chinese military stepping out of the Chinese territory.

I would not at all be surprised if the Chinese are working to restrict what we can do with drones in Djibouti.

I think maybe most of us would agree that, for the better part, our interests are maybe not the same as their interests.

The rise of China as a strategic competitor to the United States presents an array of challenges to our national security interests around the globe.

I do have an act that is called the SWAMP Act, which would move all of our headquarters of Federal agencies outside of the immediate Washington, DC, area.

Thank you very much for being here today.

If a regulation is truly needed, then you shouldn't be opposed to having other people take a look at the methodology there.

This was based on legislation introduced by Senator Scott, and I cosponsored that as well.

I thought it was a tremendous idea.

We do need to make these tax cuts permanent.

$1,500 is a lot of money for our employees.

As a result of tax reform, they are providing $1,500 bonuses to their employees.

Last year, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in providing long overdue tax relief for individuals and businesses.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

I think opportunities really is there.

I think a number of us are in and out, but it does tend to be a very bipartisan issue.