David Vitter: “I can guarantee, as somebody who was here and participating, that that would not have happened but for the deadline of…”

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 thank the Senator from Louisiana for his very kind remarks. More importantly, I want to thank him for years of great partnership, great work on behalf of Louisiana. I know he will make an outstanding senior Senator. Thank you. I yield…

We need to get out of this cycle of slashing State funding and replacing it with tuition increases because that can't go on without limit. It really risks affordability.

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). The Senator from Texas. Zika Virus Funding