David Vitter: “In the meantime, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant…”

Thank you, Senator Inhofe, for those important clarifications to preemption and for another question that is very important to clarify in order to capture the full conngressional intent of the bills preemption section. This Act is intended…

I rise today to highlight the importance and urgent need of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 and the urgent need to bring it to the Senate floor and to act and pass it in the Senate. Unfortunately, there are many events, floods…

It was the Congressional intent of the legation to balance the need to ensure public access to health and safety studies with the need to protect from public disclosure valuable confidential business information (CBI) and trade secrets…

Thank you Senator Inhofe. There are many important provisions of this law and I think clarifying what Congress intended is very important to ensure the legislative intent is understood and followed. To specifically address your first…