I immediately want to how you pay for it and also how you measure the benefits.

fewer and fewer victims, until there are none.

I think that your review of the Durham experience since 2008 was extraordinary.

If we have people who have a deeply held belief that it is an act of war, then they should be talking about taking the steps that Congress takes.

Until we have that organic capability, you are going to pay a part of a premium.

Well, anything we can do with the help and support of the efforts for FRC East, count me in.

I thank my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from North Carolina, for his words about Reverend Billy Graham. I will only add a few comments. At one level, mine are very personal. I was telling someone just yesterday that I have two…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

today I wish to recognize Nancy R. Mazza and congratulate her on her dedicated service to the people of North Carolina. Nancy previously worked for esteemed Congressman Howard Coble, a dear friend who served North Carolina for three…

in a moment, I am going to talk about the immigration debate we are going to have here. Before I do that, though, I want to recognize that this is Valentine's Day. I happen to be several hundred miles away from my sweetheart, but I want to…

Let us take a look at China's modernization program. Do they historically fund those programs in 1-year or 2-year cliff intervals?

I will never fight for a dollar in North Carolina that can be better spent somewhere else.

China is a bad actor, and that there legitimate, I think, national defense concerns there.

Military and Civilian Personnel Programs and Military Family Readiness.

I want this to be the continuation of a dialogue as we go into the NDAA.

I wish to personally thank the Presiding Officer for all the work he has done to come up with what I believe is the right framework for fulfilling the promise to solve and create a viable solution for the DACA population and to deal with…

I was talking with the pages earlier asking if they knew what was going on. I am not sure if people watching the debate know what is going on. Let's talk about the mechanics of what is happening right now. We have a measure before the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, February 9. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:54 p.m., recessed until Friday, February 9, 2018, at 12:01 a.m. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 102, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The senior assistant…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, at 9:30 p.m. today, the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1892 with a further amendment…

again, I have the motion before us. I believe the Senator from Kentucky did object to the motion. Just one brief comment. And I thank the Senator from Louisiana for presiding. I know I was supposed to be in the chair 30 minutes ago, and I…

Our message to the industry has to be we will pay for value, but the difficulty here is we have to define it.

I think that we have got to realize that one of the biggest issues we have in Medicaid is a lack of compliance.

I appreciate you offering to work with us and partner with us and do--on a bipartisan basis, come up with good outcomes.