I want to take a few moments to acknowledge Charles Thomas, a veteran broadcast journalist and political reporter. Last week, after a career spanning four decades, Charles Thomas appeared in his final newscast at ABC 7 Chicago. Born in…

A year or two ago I read that two major pharmaceutical companies were trying to develop something to slow down, intervene.

There shouldn't be any partisanship at all involved in what we are setting out to do here

I am worried. I am on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. There's talk about putting a dramatic increase in Defense spending.

You've really made history with funding for the NIH and I am proud to be a small part of it

So, forgive me. I am a liberal arts lawyer and you can lose me in a second when you get into this conversation.

Donald Trump is destroying the credibility of the office of president 140 characters at a time.

earlier today, President Trump signed a new Executive order that bans travel to the United States from a new list of Muslim-majority countries and bans all refugees. This new Executive order includes some cosmetic changes, but these…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Calling for an Independent, Bipartisan Commission

the highlight of the week, of course, is President Trump's speech to the joint session of Congress, the first major public speech he has given since his inauguration. The Chamber of the House of Representatives was filled with Members of…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 51…

last night, I joined most of the Members of Congress to hear President Trump give his first address to a joint session. His speech lasted about 60 minutes, and I listened carefully, as did everyone in the Chamber, to the President's first…

today I wish to recognize the sesquicentennial anniversary of the founding of the University of Illinois, a nationally recognized institution of higher education with a long record of innovation and discovery and the home of the Fighting…

I would like to take a moment to address the nomination of Congressman Ryan Zinke to lead the Department of Interior. As Secretary of Interior, Representative Zinke will be the steward of our Nation's precious public lands, national parks…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Strange). Without objection, it is so ordered. Russia

it has now been almost 5 months since our intelligence community first detailed how Russia launched a cyber act of war on America and our last Presidential election--5 months. In those 5 months, how many times have my Republican colleagues…

I would like to take a moment to recognize my constituents, Brian and Joanne Leber, of Leber Jeweler Inc. in Chicago, IL. A third-generation, family-owned business first established in 1921, Brian and his wife, Joanne, are dedicated to…

let me start by commending my colleague from Kansas. It is an honor to join him in this Senate Hunger Caucus effort. He does it in the tradition of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Along with George McGovern, they were two of the most unlikely…

I thank my colleague from the State of Vermont and, for many years, my fellow colleague on the Senate Judiciary Committee for his statement. I couldn't agree with him more that we need an independent, transparent investigation of this…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 31, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 72 Ex.] YEAS--66 Alexander Barrasso Bennet Blunt Boozman Burr Capito Carper Cochran…

I said to the Senator from Colorado that I will join you. If the EPA is responsible for this spill, then I will stand with you. Justice should be done. The point I am making to you is that this leap of logic then--to put Scott Pruitt in…

I reclaim my time and just say this. I do not know the particulars. I understand that what you said is what I read, that it was the fault of some government employee--perhaps of the EPA. I don't dispute that fact. If that is the case, then…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

We asked the President to put his twitter account down for a few minutes and instead direct his Department of Justice to enhance programs that improve community policing, such as COPS and the Byrne-JAG grants. We asked him to provide a…