if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:49 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 29, 2016, at 3 p.m…

Thank you for your help and your commitment to move forward with permanent flood protection

I am drafting legislation to try to address this issue.

I think this would be a good compromise to ensure dam safety while also allowing trailer owners to get full use out of the investments.

An exit tracking system is obviously very important to get a handle on visa overstays.

The number is 39 total, 14 by the Coast Guard which is unacceptable by anyone's standards.

I understand that Interior commissioned a study that was completed last year by the Army Corps.

I rise in support of the pending legislation to sanction the regime of North Korea for its belligerent behavior toward the United States and its neighbors. Today the Senate takes up a bill to increase sanctions on North Korea. Most…

I ask unanimous consent that the following letter be printed in the Record in recognition of the service of Edward Johnson, chief financial officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, upon his retirement from the Federal…

Thank you, Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden. It is a pleasure to introduce Dr. Mary Wakefield and encourage your support for her confirmation as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

I like your giving those concrete examples. That is very helpful.

I would like to thank him for being here and for his commitment on behalf of Native Americans.

If you can help your team replicate those, you will go a long way to solving these problems.

There is a shortage of doctors just about everywhere.

I rise to speak about the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015--legislation that has been advanced by our Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman, Senator Murkowski, along with the ranking member, Senator Cantwell. As a member…

If the EPA finds a State permit program deficient, then the EPA can take direct control over the State's permit program in that State. If a State doesn't want to have its own permit program, the EPA runs the permit program for the State…

the next amendment I would like to review that I will be offering is identical to a bill introduced by Senator Manchin and myself. It is the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016, S. 2446. This legislation, which…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes to finish my remarks, with the indulgence of the Senator from Massachusetts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

this morning I discussed two amendments that I have submitted in regard to the current energy legislation, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. I would like to talk about a third amendment that I submitted as well. The amendment…

that is absolutely right. I join my distinguished colleague from the State of Missouri, as well as my colleague from the State of Wyoming and our colleague from the State of Iowa. This is an incredibly important issue. It is probably the…

I think that is the wrong approach, and I think it has ramifications in job creation in this country, in economic growth in this country and in national security from the standpoint of energy security.

Lifting the oil export ban was very important and that set a very good example of what I am talking about.

We just recently, led by our Chairman, lifted the oil export ban which had been in place for 40 years.

If we want to help our friends, especially our gas consuming friends in Japan, in Asia and elsewhere, we do want to increase global supply.

How do we empower our industry to compete rather than shackle it at the same time we are actually taking steps that assist our adversaries?