today I wish to honor the long and distinguished career of Chi Wang, Ph.D. The year 2018 marked the 90th anniversary of the creation of the Chinese Section at the U.S. Library of Congress in 1928. Dr. Wang spent nearly 50 years working at…

I rise today, again, to discuss S. 1 and to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this. We had a vote just the other day on this, and it has been reconsidered. All Republicans voted for it. Four of our friends on the other side of the…

and fellow Senators, I rise today to present S. 1, the Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019. It is really a compilation of three bills, addressing three different issues in the Middle East. It is left over from…

to respond briefly, with all due respect to my friend and colleague, the Senator from Kentucky, I respectfully urge that this is exactly what is needed to encourage the diplomacy that he wants, that I want, that all of us want. As far as…

I come here today to talk about an issue that has been talked about quite a bit here on the floor today, and that is the situation in Syria. I know there has been a lot of debate today about what is happening there and what happened today…

along with my colleagues Senator Mike Crapo and Representative Mike Simpson, today I recognize and congratulate Mr. Richard B. Provencher on his upcoming retirement after more than 32 years of distinguished Federal service consisting of…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and…

I think, Ms. Bader-Blau, your testimony about the problems is well accepted.

This is really a nonpartisan issue. This is a bipartisan issue.

I have listened carefully to all the suggestions that you have.

We all need to redouble our efforts in that regard.

The difficulty with that is when you get a large corporation that the consumers can really put the screws to.

I think, and sometimes in this committee we do have a tendency to politicize everything, and this is a cause that really is not political.

as you may know, small businesses are thriving in one of the best economic climates that we have seen in several years. The National Federation of Independent Business's Small Business Optimism Index for August saw its highest reading ever…

I rise today on behalf of myself and my good friend and colleague, also from Idaho, Senator Crapo, and we wish to honor an exceptional business from our great State. That business is Micron Technology. Although Micron began in Idaho with…

as you may know, I strongly supported the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that passed the Senate and was signed into law last year. Over the 6 months since its passage, the law's positive impact on our country's economy has become more apparent…

I just, as I think a lot of us today, do not have any confidence whatsoever that they are dealing in good faith.

that deterioration should make us think about how we are going to approach this as we go forward.

I was one of the ones--indeed, I led the effort--to not ratify the New START not because I do not believe we should deal with the Russians.

And what does that mean, legally able to do that?

One of the things this committee wrestles with frequently when it comes to privacy issues and those kinds of things is the difference between a U.S. citizen and a non-U.S. citizen.

I think that all of you have underestimated the difficulty that this Turkey situation is causing us and going to cause us with NATO.

One of the concerns that I have--and I appreciate that explanation--but what we've seen on this committee...

My view is they are moving away from us as opposed to us moving away from them.

I think that obviously the sanctions have two purposes. One is a direct effect to inflict pain, but the real objective is to change conduct.