I submit for inclusion in the Congressional Record the following article regarding the early years of the Castro regime, the policies of which created a culture of poverty in Cuba, and converted a previously developing country into an…

I come to the floor incredibly disappointed that we can't seem to move forward on what should be a noncontroversial, powerful, and bipartisan effort. I think we can all agree in the Senate that we must do more to combat human trafficking…

As many have noted, identity theft and tax schemes are some of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States.

I do not think there is a Democrat or Republican who does not believe that we have to degrade or defeat ISIL.

Your unity would also send an unmistakable message to the leaders of Daesh. They have to understand they cannot divide us.

this AUMF is adequate to the task.

If, in fact, your campaign as presently designed needs to morph, change, to the realities of what is happening, do you believe the authorization will allow you to do that?

But even without an Iraq or Afghanistan-sized commitment still can commit thousands of troops for a long period of time.

we do not know of a single Democrat in Congress--in the United States Senate anyway--that supports that authorization for the use of military force.

There is an overwhelming consensus that Daesh has to be stopped.

I would like to believe that it is only to fight ISIL. But I do not believe that their purposes at the end of the day--we have different goals as it relates to Iraq.

We need to know what combat operations may be undertaken by United States troops on the ground in Syria and Iraq.