Ben Sasse

I would just like to associate myself with your comments, sir, in praising the ranking member. Senator Reed went through a long list of people who have gotten the NDAA across the finish line for more than half a century in a row. As a…

the consideration of Federal judges with lifetime appointments is perhaps the most important and long-lasting work this body will do between now and the end of the year. Every Senator--Republican and Democrat--took an oath to perform this…

I rise on the floor with a simple message. We should completely dispel with the fiction that the American Bar Association is a fair and impartial arbiter of facts. This is a sad reality, but it is the reality. Let's back up. We in this…

Mr. President are you recanting of the oath you took on January 20th to preserve, protect and defend the first amendment?

this is not a spreadsheet problem. This is a real human problem where 2 and 3 and 4 years from now, you are going to have real Americans whose identity is going to be stolen

the speed and pace of data aggregation and collection should push the Congress to have some real hard discussions about data ownership

I actually think the innovation of some of the stuff you have proposed for the big three going forward is quite interesting.

Do you know the number? Can you do the 145 million breakdown by State?

I would like to extend thanks to my colleagues from Ohio and Maryland for allowing me to cut in line.

until you arrived to relieve me, I had been presiding since the opening of the Senate this morning, and I had the opportunity to listen to lengthy speeches from the Democratic leader and the assistant Democratic leader this morning. I…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered. Healthcare

Hurricane Harvey is a horrible tragedy. It has ruthlessly taken lives. It has taken diplomas and baby albums. It has taken homes and gardens and playgrounds. It has also given us many new pictures of volunteerism, heroism, and…

in the fall of 2015, when I first spoke on the Senate floor, I gave Nebraskans and every Member of this body my word that I would speak up when a Republican President exceeded his or her powers. At that moment, the Democratic President had…

This obviously should not happen and obviously will not happen. Why the President of the United States will tweet it is inexplicably bizarre.

His idea would be to pass the repeal immediately and then set a one-year deadline for the Congress to come up with the replacement plan.

Please just stop. This isn't normal and it's beneath the dignity of your office.

I yield back all remaining time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Thapar nomination?

There is not a more critical global national security issue than this. This is crazy and cannot be allowed to continue.

Is it possible and is it advisable to employ secondary sanctions against these Chinese institutions and individuals?

There is a long tradition that this Subcommittee has been very bipartisan and nonpartisan.

he calls the Comey firing very troubling.

I would like to add my voice to yours in commending the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the Senator from Iowa, for the honorable, principled, and commonsense way in which he led this committee through the last number of weeks and…

I rise to comment briefly on Russian interference in the electoral processes in this country and across the West and governments of many of Russia's own neighbors. We are in the middle of a civilization warfare crisis of public trust in…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all remaining time for debate on H.J. Res. 83 has been yielded back. The joint…

They primarily see political parties. And our Founders did not intend that.