Jerry Moran

Thank you very much. This has been a trying and difficult and challenging time in our country and in my home State of Kansas. There are lots of conversations, care, and compassion going on. We can't give anybody a hug these days. We can't…

I am pleased to have arrived on the Senate floor just a bit early to have heard the Senator from Arkansas, Mr. Boozman, pay tribute to the DAV, Disabled American Veterans, and I very much want to join in his comments. I will also take a…

I rise to support the remarks of my colleague from Missouri, Senator Blunt. I thank him for his leadership. He is in an important position as the chairperson of the Health, Education, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee, which is…

Mr. Chief Justice, I have a message to be sent to the desk, a question. It is on my behalf and on behalf of Senator Rubio, Senator Crapo, and Senator Risch. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Moran, Crapo, Rubio, and…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I submit to the desk a question on my behalf and on behalf of Senator Cornyn. The CHIEF JUSTICE. The question from Senator Moran and Senator Cornyn is for counsel to the President: Is it true that in these…

Today, I want to take a moment to recognize the contributions of Kelly McManus. She is a member of my staff. She is U.S. Army MAJ Kelly McManus, who has spent the last year working in my personal office as part of the U.S. Army…

I appreciate the opportunity to be on the floor today to speak about something of significance, certainly to Kansas but to the country. We await House action on USMCA--the trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico. It is…

Today in the Commerce Committee, following an in-depth 18-month investigation to examine cultural and systemic issues regarding abuse in the Olympic movement, Senator Blumenthal and I introduced bipartisan legislation, the Empowering…

Last evening, I was here at this exact spot asking my colleagues to support the idea of advancing appropriations bills, and I am pleased to see today that has today occurred. It occurred on a vote of 92 to 2. That is a good sign. It is a…

Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to my colleagues on the Senate floor this evening. I really come to talk about something that shouldn't be momentous, shouldn't be unusual, and should be routine around here. Unfortunately…

While my remarks in front of me say ``I rise today,'' I sit today on this Senate floor to congratulate a Topeka, KS, native, a 2019 U.S. Open champion, Gary Woodland. Gary Woodland grew up in Topeka and attended Shawnee Heights High…

This week, as we know, our Nation observes National Police Week, a time when we pay tribute to our law enforcement officers, especially those who died in the line of duty. Today I rise to honor their dedication and their significant and…

I know of no further debate on this nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Is there further debate? If not, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Brady nomination?

I am here to take the opportunity to join my colleagues to speak in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. I thank Senator Sasse for his continued leadership on this issue. I supported the bill when Senator Sasse…

I wish to speak this afternoon in recognition of our late President, Ronald Reagan. I want to speak also about his wife Nancy, and I want to highlight their honest and passionate work to educate Americans about the real effects of…

I rise today to express my dissatisfaction and disappointment over what is a life-and-death matter for many Americans. My disappointment is about the actions recently taken by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the action…

A little earlier in the evening, we cast a vote, one that was done without a rollcall, and I want my constituents to know how I voted because, while I will put a statement in the Record, it will not appear as yeas and nays. Earlier this…

I am here to speak tonight because something is not right. I want to express my real concern with the recent decision of the national liver allocation policy made by the Organ Procurement Transplant Network made on December 4. This sounds…

I would like to have assurance that access standards will be applied to where a veteran actually lives, not his or her post office box, as has been the case in the past.

The care is available within the VA broadly. In my view, the question is, is the care in the VA available at the facility, the hospital where the veteran lives?

I am on the floor this afternoon to honor a friend, a colleague, and the senior Representative from Kansas, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, who has gracefully and honorably served Kansas for two decades in both our State and here in the…

Thank you. We all are surrounded by exceptionally dedicated young men and women who work side by side with us and whose lead we sometimes follow on issues--our staff. I am honored to have such a capable, dedicated, and loyal staff--to me…

I am here this afternoon to congratulate Herb Holzapfel on his retirement as chairman of the Farmers' Rice Cooperative. The Farmers' Rice Cooperative has a long and distinguished history and an equally long history of influential leaders…

I rise this afternoon to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs and this Department's continued challenges with properly implementing the letter of the law. As we know, the VA has faced significant difficulties and change over the past…

This Subcommittee and me personally, will do everything we can to provide you the resources, both legal and financial, and we will continue to monitor.