Ben Sasse

hopefully the President is just blowing off steam again but if he's even half serious, this is nuts.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Unanimous Consent Request--Executive Calendar Mr…

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

yesterday at the White House, two terrible things happened, and it shouldn't be difficult to condemn both of these things at once. First, at the podium in the White House press room, it was suggested that the U.S. Government is unsure if…

I believe that China took advantage of the fact that we're not in TPP to try to drive a wedge between us and our TPP partners.

When Americans hate Americans, and when we fight with each other, Russia wins.

the Marshall Plan, which was foundational to the 75 years of military alliance across the Atlantic and of economic prosperity that benefited the United States and all of our allies, this current Chinese initiative is more than five times…

we need the help of people like you to tee up those questions.

It's probably the biggest development program in the world.

describe the Army's efforts to integrate its Long-Range Precision Fires systems with existing and planned sensor systems

we need to wrestle with it, because we've got to get a better definition of our activity within those, and what's acceptable.

Public trust is at an all-time low.

it's people in the uniform who are doing the hardest work and then come and stand before committees like this, and you end up--you and your colleagues end up taking a lot of the beating for what is really a failure of political leadership…

nations are partly going to be forced to choose between a rules-based international order and a Chinese system that is more interested in lifting up China with more vassal state supplicant near neighbors.

I think that, you know, our allies are smart enough to do that, and they'll make the decisions that benefit them, and us, in terms of our alliances.

as we consider this legislation to protect 20-week-old babies who feel pain, I want to ask my friends in this body to put aside whip counts and score cards, politics and reelection, and let's talk today simply about beauty and about…

Given that each of the service secretaries can waive this requirement, how often have they done so?

I say thank you very much to the Senator from Oklahoma and thanks to the Senator from Montana for spelling me. I have been sitting in the Presiding chair during this colloquy, so I have not been on the ground floor able to participate, but…

I thank my senior Senator for leading us in this resolution. Nebraska volleyball continues to dominate. If there is any debate about the best volleyball State in the Union, there should be no more. Nebraska has proved, yet again, we have…

I rise today in continued support of Steve Grasz's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Some of those who have been attacking Mr. Grasz have claimed that he doesn't have the character or the temperament to treat…

I urge all of my colleagues to listen to all of the Nebraskans, again, of all backgrounds and across the partisan spectrum, as they have urged us to confirm Mr. Grasz today. Thank you. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING…

I rise today in support of the nomination of Steve Grasz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. One of the most important things this Senate has done this year and will do for the remainder of the year--and, in fact, well…

Steve's reputation for honesty and integrity and decency have earned him bipartisan support across Nebraska. I am a bit sad in that, when I got here to Washington, this nomination took a bit more of a partisan turn before the committee…

today the Judiciary Committee had the opportunity to advance the nomination of Steve Grasz, one of the foremost appellate attorneys in the State of Nebraska, and I would like to make one brief comment about that. The Judiciary Committee…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.