I come here, probably more than any other Senator, on this topic of budgets, and it ought to be called the ``lack of budgets.'' Thank goodness that, currently, we have the blueprint out there in black and white for what we intend to…

we got a bill through committee unanimously to reauthorize and protect the Highway Trust Fund

I think it'd be good to at least--I think that would symbolize the fact that we're getting something that's gone through some normal process and it's bipartisan.

Would it make sense to maybe phase it in, try it, maybe not go full scale across the country, but owning a trucking company myself before I got here, it is the biggest issue we contend with along with the fact that that pathway in life…

So, I think then, it begs the question of the main stakeholder in all of this, to me, is the patient.

I am real interested, in general, to try to get the FDA to maintain all of its integrity and standards but pick up the pace a bit.

Something has been conspicuously absent from the discussion of raising revenues, and that would be the qualified tax deduction for small businesses.

Do you think that is healthy public policy to spend in that fashion when we are really asking future generations to pay for it?

I would point out that that does not work anywhere else--in any State government, it does not work in any entity that has got the rigor of competition in the private sector, and it is a very poor example of what we do at a place that so…

So as a Main Street entrepreneur, I will tell you--and I have been doing it 37 years prior to becoming a Senator--that was clearly the biggest driver when you look at corporate income taxes going from 35 to 21, I believe that that…

I think that in my experience of being an entrepreneur, a CEO for 37 years prior to becoming a Senator, that in many instances, and especially looking at the differences between states, and generally speaking on the Federal Government…

I call up my amendment No. 1771 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Braun] proposes an amendment numbered 1771 to amendment No…

Please support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Washington.

Thank you, Senator Hawley. This was an easy one. Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal gave us some news. We have had a cascade of others weighing in now, where this is maybe an epiphany that some have had that we need to look further…

in recent years, research involving human-animal hybrids has become much more prevalent. For example, in April, researchers in China created a monkey-human hybrid embryo that they allowed to grow and studied for weeks. I have serious…

Does it make sense on ALS, Alzheimer's, that we try to pick up the pace for the folks that are in the clinical trials, especially where there are signs of promise that you are making some headway?

I want to emphasize a couple of points that I have noticed, especially over the last few years.

Whenever we have a discussion on forestry it is my favorite subject.

The sad thing about invasive species is that most forest owners do not know they have invasive species in their woods.

a growing, well-managed forest does sequester more carbon.

I know we have a vote coming up, and I won't belabor it. I think the basis for maybe a good conversation, because we are not going to solve it today, is when it comes to the tax package that was put through in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of…

So I don't disagree with what Senator Sanders said in terms of policy that needs to be debated, but a classic tactic when you are focusing on how you are going to pay for something is to change the subject. And whatever you think about…

we are going to be borrowing money for the host of things that are out there.

the last time there has been any adjustment to the dedicated source of funding has been 1993.

the EPW Committee passed the largest infrastructure bill in history. It provided 287 billion in funding over 5 years.