Today I wish to honor Private William Tully Brown, a Navajo code talker who never considered himself an American hero but who was. Private Brown enlisted in the Marines in 1944 and was trained as a code talker at Camp Pendleton. Training…

today I wish to pay tribute to New Mexico Senator John Pinto--the longest serving member in the New Mexico Senate, who passed away May 24 of this year at the age of 94. John Pinto was born December 15, 1924, in Lupton, AZ, near the New…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1488 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I thank Senator Cortez Masto for her talk today. I can tell that she is very passionate about this issue. Both of us were State attorneys general from Western States. We have significant Native American populations, and we are very…

thank you for the recognition. It is good to see you today. I am going to be joined by a number of my Senate colleagues to talk about reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. We have many who are very concerned that we need to…

thank you for the recognition. I just want to say to my colleague from Minnesota that we very much appreciate her efforts on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. She has been a great member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. On all of…

one of the issues that has been highlighted by the two very capable Senators who are here on the floor, Senator Cortez Masto and Senator Smith, is that all of us--and I know that the Presiding Officer from the State of Utah also has many…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Brasher nomination?

I rise today to oppose this rush to confirm David Bernhardt to serve as the 53rd Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is the chief steward of nearly 500 million acres of public lands and 1.7 billion acres of the Outer…

Thank you, Madam President, for the recognition. It is great to be joined on the floor by Senator Collins, who is going to speak after me to stand up for the Constitution, and I very much appreciate Senator Lamar Alexander's comments also…

to get this wall money, the President caused the longest government shutdown in our Nation. The shutdown caused hardship for millions of Federal employees and lasting pain for thousands of Federal contractors, not to mention the millions…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 738 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…