I respect your absolute resistance to being invited to put your personal opinions onto the issues that you will need to face as a Supreme Court Justice if you are confirmed.

if you can be pushed into giving hints about what your feelings are about the precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions or other cases, then you will have violated what I think is an appropriate approach that a judge should bring to…

I am worried about that. I worry about the separation of power.

I think that the discussions that have been had today about the Chevron case get into this arena.

I think that is an important distinction that you just made. You are trying to interpret and apply rather than to alter or amend the meaning of the Constitution.

the true American vision of justice is one in which the judge fairly and impartially finds the facts and applies the law.

I stand this morning just before we vote on Dr. Benjamin Carson as the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to strongly urge my colleagues to support his nomination. Dr. Carson was advanced in the committee by…

I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Carson nomination?

it is my understanding that there is no one else who wants to speak on either side. So at this time, I yield back all time on both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays…

I applaud my colleagues for voting in favor of cloture on the nomination of Dr. Benjamin Carson to be the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. On January 12, the Senate Banking Committee held its confirmation…

it is an honor for me to recommend again Dr. Carson as the Secretary of HUD. Dr. Carson brings a fresh set of eyes to every issue and every problem he faces, and he has an incredible record of success and of achieving outstanding results…

today I wish to urge support for H.J. Res. 40. The Second Amendment to our U.S. Constitution reads, ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be…

I am encouraged by President Trump's Executive Order on Core Principles for regulating the financial system.

Financial regulation should strike the proper balance between the need for a safe and sound financial system and the need to promote a vibrant, growing economy.

I hope that remains the case. Our regulatory regime should be properly tailored and avoid a one-size-fits-all approach.

Yes, that is correct. What this resolution does is to cause the current SEC rule to not take effect. As it was characterized yesterday on the House floor and will be characterized further today on the Senate floor, what the SEC will need…

I thank my colleague. I will work to ensure that the SEC implements all of its congressional mandates.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 43, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 43)…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:06 p.m., adjourned until Friday, February 3, 2017, at 6:30 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 6:30 a.m., Friday, February 3; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 27. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of Morning Business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I yield back the remaining Republican time. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sullivan). Without objection, the majority time is yielded back. ____________________

I rise today to discuss the regulatory burden imposed by the SEC's extractive resource rulemaking and offer my support for the resolution to disapprove it. I will take a few minutes to talk about the complicated history of this rule and…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…