Thank you, Chairman Lankford.

Where the first analysis probably was, who is going to sue us if we do it, right?

I ask unanimous consent that Destiny Whitehead, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the session today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise today to continue our efforts to honor the Nation's and North Dakota's Vietnam veterans and specifically those brave servicemembers who were killed in action during the Vietnam war. Mr. President, 198 soldiers from North Dakota died…

I want to add my voice to all of the accolades that have been expressed today to Senator Cornyn and Senator Klobuchar for giving a voice to the victims of the most horrific crime that occurs in our country; those are the victims of human…

I am proud to introduce today with my friend from Arkansas, Senator Boozman, a bill which will increase our agricultural producer's competitiveness and exports into Cuba, a nation just 90 miles off our southern coast. This timely bill…

I mean, we have submitted the staffing needs as part of the annual budget for the last couple years.

once again we are back to budget constraints giving us a less secure border, I think is the point Senator McCain was trying to get at.

I think one of the challenges we have both on the north and on the south border is, as we have put and deployed more resources at the points of entry, we have opened up rural America, whether it is on the Northern Border or the Southern…

I do want to once again give you a high five for all the great work that is done in North Dakota with constraints on resources and for the extraordinary cross-border cooperation and local government cooperation.

Thank you, Chairman Johnson for the introduction and for the opportunity to talk about a border that we do not talk a lot about in this Committee, which is the Northern Border.

I personally support lifting the embargo entirely.