Tom Udall: “Thank you, before you have to depart, for holding this important hearing.”

thank you for the recognition today. We rise--a number of Senators who will be speaking today in this hour--we rise today to demand that the White House immediately remove William Perry Pendley from exercising the authority of the Director…

Horse racing. . . has run off the rails.

I thank you for the recognition, and I thank Senator Inhofe. I talked to him. I would ask unanimous consent, as Senator Paul did, to complete my remarks and unanimous consent to complete my remarks right here on the floor before we have…

I am a strong supporter of the AFGHAN Service Act, which I introduced with Senator Paul. It has been nearly 19 years since the United States entered this war in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, and we have had several Presidents--one a…