In fact, the language that we put in the Omnibus gives NOAA the flexibility to substitute other funds.

I particularly am pleased to see that funding of $27 million has been requested to replace the medical and dental clinic.

At $3.4 billion, the overall Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget request for the European Reassurance Initiative is four times the amount requested last year.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I rise today as a cosponsor of the Digital Security Commission Act, a bill that will establish a national bipartisan commission to examine digital security and privacy and the ``going dark'' problem…

I've been very concerned about the build-up of the Chinese Navy. This is a real issue that concerns me as China has been more and more aggressive.

There is no substitute for presence in our ability to project power.

I believe that your record of bolstering our Naval Fleet will be one of your greatest legacies.

I rise to speak in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, known as CARA, of which I am proud to be a cosponsor. I want to begin by commending Senators Whitehouse and Portman for crafting this vitally important bill and…

I think it is important to note that the heroin epidemic affects tiny towns, rural areas, as well as our larger cities.

I hope you will have a listening session in a rural area--we talked about that in my office--as opposed to just large urban areas like L.A. and DC.

I am very disappointed and, indeed, in some ways shocked, that the administration did not include any funding at all for this program.

In response to this problem, Senator Leahy and I have introduced a bill to greatly toughen the penalties for straw purchasing and illegal firearms trafficking.

It is a small amount of money, and it has done a lot of good.

We do need a more cooperative and aggressive approach to get after these terrible con artists.

As Senator Collins mentioned in her opening remarks, seniors are inextricably and often unwittingly linked to increased availability of prescription opioids.

As a result, 26 Senators signed a letter that I spearheaded with Senator Heidi Heitkamp to Secretary Burwell asking CMS to take a look at the results of those well-intentioned questions.

Even if they were reworded to say, was your pain attended to or managed, rather than being worded in the way they are, I think it would help.

it is a great pleasure to join the Senator from Washington State, Ms. Cantwell, in discussing some very important provisions that were included in the Customs conference report that the Senate acted on earlier this afternoon. As Senators…

I am very pleased to join my colleague from New England, Senator Leahy, in introducing our bill, the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act. Our bill would strengthen Federal law to make it easier for prosecutors to effectively go after…

It is my pleasure to introduce the President's nominee to be our next Ambassador to Lithuania, Anne Hall.

I wish to speak in support of the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act. Last week, North Korea launched a space satellite into orbit in direct violation of U.N. sanctions. Last month, North Korea tested its fourth nuclear bomb since 2006…

Do you know what is in your suitcase?

I want to thank you, General Welsh, for coming with your wife last winter to visit the air refueling wing in Bangor.

One of the top priorities of this Committee is to wage the battle against criminals who are constantly trying to swindle American seniors out of their hard-earned savings.

That represents one of the largest deployments in the past decade.