I am trying to do everything I can to support you all in efforts that I think are right minded.

Well, thank you, because, again, it just speaks to a capability and training that if it is available, we want it in the hospital setting to make sure the veterans are getting the best possible care.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``NATO: Reviewing the Agenda and Assessing the Potential…

I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., to conduct a…

before I get started on what I really want to talk about today, which is the real threat facing our Nation, I want to reflect for a few moments on the antics and the theater that are going on in the House of Representatives. The Presiding…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Bank Capital and Liquidity Regulation…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on foreign relations

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 11 a.m., in room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Right…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SR-428A of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a…

Thank you, Mr. President. I am proud to represent North Carolina. North Carolina has nearly 1 million veterans in the State. When you add to that the members of the armed services inactive and in the Reserve and the National Guard, we are…

We have to stabilize the operating environment.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the Chair…

As a former State legislator, I very much agree with what my colleague from California has said. In North Carolina, we worked hard to get the regulatory and legislative framework right for this new technology. In fact, we commissioned a…

I ask unanimous consent that Beau Diers and Lauren Fish, defense legislative fellows in the office of Senator Cotton, be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act. The…

I am here today to talk about a very important event in American history. Seventy-two years ago today, six American and four British and Canadian divisions began the assault on Adolf Hitler's Fortress Europe, on what German Field Marshal…

I ask unanimous consent that Elizabeth Joseph, a Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Cochran, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

First, the TPP and trade with Europe and Africa is absolutely essential to our future in farming.

It angers me, but it does not surprise me. This is just another example of why these regulators need to get out.

If we do not act, can you give me an idea of how this is going to affect your business operations and future prices?

90-plus percent of the corn produced in the United States is a product of biotech engineering, is that correct?

We can talk about trade opportunities, we can talk about a number of other things, but if we do not start lifting this regulatory burden and the additional barriers that we have, trade expansion will be a moot point because our farmers…

We know what regulations need to be changed. We know a number of things we have to get focused on and Congress has to act.

Now you talk about EPA regulations. You talk about FDA regulations. You talk about USDA regulations and all the impediments that are making it virtually impossible for farmers to continue to do what they want to do, which is to produce the…

Factors like PTSD and combat injuries mean many female vets face high-risk pregnancies and this time of 7 days is simply not enough.