I am already working with Senator Moran of Kansas on legislation to do that.

I think if there is statutory help or flexibility that we can give you there, that is what we want to do.

We need to be integrating that in a way that is logical and completely easy for veterans.

This is a fix that, one, serves veterans, two, can be cost-effective.

Do your Choice Champions have enough flexibility to provide the authority to get this healthcare locally when it makes sense?

So somebody is actually disadvantaged by being within 40 miles.

I believe that is something we need to remedy.

I thank our colleague from West Virginia for his tremendous leadership. I know that will continue. He is right. If we don't win the battle today, we will win the war because we will find another bill to attach this legislation to. But the…

I wish to thank the majority leader and our colleagues on both sides of the aisle for supporting this bipartisan legislation. The Prime Minister of Israel was here yesterday and he spoke to Congress. We have an opportunity to declare…

I thank the good Senator from South Dakota, and turn to my colleague from West Virginia who has been a champion on this project and other energy projects. As a Governor, he has worked on energy. He understands job creation, and he…

I ask unanimous consent for up to 30 minutes to engage in a colloquy on the Keystone Pipeline approval legislation which was vetoed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Mr. President. I am here to discuss the Keystone Pipeline approval legislation and the President's recent veto as well as our efforts today to override that veto. I will be joined in the colloquy with my distinguished colleague…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds to wrap up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wish to thank my colleagues from South Carolina and New Hampshire. This is a bipartisan effort to join with the administration, and on a matter of this importance I believe Congress must be involved. So, again, we appeal to our…

I have urged OPM to address these salary issues for Federal employees in western North Dakota.

I am here this morning to engage in a colloquy with the good Senator from South Carolina. We will be joined by the Senators from New Hampshire and Kentucky and perhaps the Senator from Arizona. The purpose of the colloquy is to welcome…

I wish to thank our colleague from New Hampshire and I would like to return to the Senator from South Carolina and pose a question. I have been a supporter of the strong sanctions the Senator put in place with the Kirk-Menendez legislation…

this afternoon we will vote on whether to go to conference on H.R. 240. For Senators who want to return to regular order, this is their chance. Regular order is the opportunity to offer, to have debate on, and to vote on amendments. We…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. cloture motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending…

What measures are you taking to make sure that you're taking proper precautions to coordinate with people on the ground who live, work, ranch, graze, farm, in the area before you're doing any controlled burns on forest lands?

Can we look at getting you out to have that discussion with our grazers and the NDSU Range Scientists and your folks before you issue the final EA?

Because it's a lot of revenue and it's revenue to the federal government.

This bill does not fund the President's Executive actions--and rightly so. Since we haven't had regular order in this Chamber in years, it seems there may be some reluctance to allow the Senate to work as it is designed to do: to proceed…

I am pleased to follow my esteemed colleagues from the State of Florida and the State of New Hampshire in discussing the legislation before this body. I worked with the Senator from New Hampshire on the Homeland Security Appropriations…