I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 89, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 90, nays 7, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

the Senate has spent a great deal of time over the last 6 or 7 months on healthcare in America. For years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Republican Party--the House and Senate--has called for repeal of the bill. Yet…

this week, we mourn the loss of Pete Domenici, a former Senate colleague, a respected and leading voice in bipartisanship, and, most of all, a friend. Pete had the distinction of being the longest serving Senator in New Mexico's history…

each year the Department of Defense funds billions of dollars in military-relevant medical research--research that offers our servicemembers concrete treatments for the particular diseases and afflictions that impact them the most…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes. Mr. McCAIN. I object. Go ahead. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority whip.

Will the Senator yield for a question? Mr. McCAIN. No, I will not yield. The fact is that we have now had a rash of fatal accidents in the military--10 from the USS McCain and 17 more. We now have many more accidents due to the lack of…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Graham). Are there any other Senators in the…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mr. Cassidy). Are there any other Senators in the chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I want to stand in support of the statement just made by my colleague from the Commonwealth of Maryland. He knows, as I know, that our responsibilities as U.S. Senators include important votes. Some of the votes we cast will blur into…

in this article, he spells out in some detail why some of the myths that were perpetrated by Attorney General Sessions and others last week need to be explained. One of them is that DACA somehow incentivized an increase in illegal…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. DACA

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

it was 1 week ago when President Trump and Attorney General Sessions announced that they were going to rescind the DACA Program. This is a program created by President Obama by Executive order that allowed those who had come to the United…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and…

when we finish this period of morning business, which is open to speeches and statements on many different topics, we will then go to the Defense authorization bill. Our process in the Senate is to authorize spending and then to…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 87, nays 10, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 80, nays 17, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 72, nays 25, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 79, nays 18, as follows…

I want to thank my colleague Senator Whitehouse for his kind words. I come to the floor to join in with a dozen or more of my colleagues who were here earlier to talk about the situation we now face. Senator Whitehouse is correct--this is…

I want to tell a story about one of the great volunteers in Texas. His name is Jesus Contreras. He is a young man who has a great story, who was one of the heroes of Hurricane Harvey in his own small way. At the age of 6, Jesus was brought…

at the outset, let me say that I share the feelings of so many across the Nation who really try to understand and appreciate the immensity of the tragedy that struck Texas, Louisiana, and nearby places with Hurricane Harvey. We followed…