this is our top priority, to make sure that we stay on track with Mid-Bay for the dredging of the Baltimore Harbor.

I think this has been an extremely important hearing, and I just would underscore the point that Senator Shelby made.

Trucks lose $28 billion in wasted time in fuel per year.

first, I want to thank my friend Senator Nelson for his comments from the floor in regard to the tax bill that we will be voting on later this week. The experience I had this morning underscores the issues that Senator Nelson has brought…

I come to the floor today to share my deep concern over the current state of America's global diplomacy. A multitude of decisions made by this administration in the last year have caused me to pause and repeatedly ask why, but in no area…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Maryland.

We do not want it to be creeped into a combat mission.

President Trump's apparent inclination to use military force and to risk war rather than to find diplomatic solutions to these crises is troubling.

How does Congress get a better control over the use of that authority?

on December 10 of this week, we will celebrate International Human Rights Day. It is the 69th anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It provided inalienable rights for everyone in this…

I wish to recognize and honor the 2,403 Americans who lost their lives when Japanese naval forces launched a surprise attack on our Nation at Pearl Harbor, HI, 76 years ago. Today we remember the millions of Allied Forces who fearlessly…

I take this time to talk about the pending business, which is the tax proposal going into a conference committee between the House and the Senate. As I am sure the American people now know, at 2 a.m., on early Saturday morning, the Senate…

The number of treaties that we have entered into as a Nation... dropped to 12 percent.

As I understand, we really do still need a cloture vote, even though the cloture vote is below the two-thirds.

By definition, most treaties involve some degree of giving up sovereignty, because it is an effort to develop a more universal standard rather than a one-country standard.

I have serious concerns about her before she moves forward for a full Senate vote and wants her to clarify her testimony before the entire Senate actually debates and votes on her nomination.

I urge my colleagues to support this motion. This motion will send H.R. 1 back to the Committee on Finance with instructions to return it within 3 days to deal with one of the principal purposes of this act, and that is to create jobs. I…

I understand we now have a new bill. I am looking at Senator Wyden hold up that new bill. I got a sheet that looked as if it came from K Street that gave us a list of changes that will be included in the managers' package. I looked at the…

I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maryland [Mr. CARDIN] moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate with…

In going over the history as to how the income tax came about, it really was part of Federalism. They needed the consent of the States to change the Constitution. It was a partnership with our States, and that is why, from its inception…

later I will come back and speak on some of these other issues, but I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.

I take this time to inform my colleagues of a motion that I hope to file tomorrow that would recommit the bill, and I am going to talk a little bit about it. First, if I might, let me just point out that yesterday I took to the floor to…

for most of my time here in the U.S. Senate, I have been on the Senate Finance Committee, which deals with our Tax Code. For most of my time in the House of Representatives, I served on the House Ways and Means Committee, which dealt with…

today I wish to recognize World AIDS Day. There was a time when Congress could put bitter partisan rancor and finger-pointing blame games aside and unite-around a cause. We did so to fight HIV/AIDS globally. Since 2003, the President's…

I want to make sure that we have people in the Administration who understand the importance of the U.S. global engagement.