I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship's rules for the 115th Congress be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Senate…

I think it was a great appointment by the President.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 81, nays 19, as…

first of all, let me say thank you to my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. We have worked together successfully on several projects, and I have no doubt that we will continue…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I am the one who entered the objection, and let me say to my good friend from Vermont that I agree with him 100 percent that we should get back to what made the Senate great. We have rules around here, and the rules are very clear that you…

The Small Business Administration is not a large Federal agency as Federal agencies go, but to a businessperson, a small businessperson, it can be one of the most important and critical endeavors that the Government undertakes.

There is no America--no American bound by one word in the Paris Agreement simply because the President signed it.

They have to be enforced aggressively.

You cannot take the bad kid in the classroom and say, look, you have been throwing spitballs. You have to stop that.

To somehow think that the second branch can create law and bind Americans to a law that has not been approved by Congress is outrageous.

These people needed to change their behavior. And they have not changed their behavior.