I also rise today to oppose the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I believe the President should be able to assemble his or her own team, and I understand that elections have…

I yield back the time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Mulvaney nomination?

I wish to oppose the confirmation of Congressman Mick Mulvaney as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I respect Mr. Mulvaney's public service representing the people of South Carolina, who elected him to serve in the State…

Now, I very much support investing in infrastructure, but there is one massive infrastructure project proposed by President Trump I'm not very excited about, and that's a border wall with Mexico.

Mexico's economic minister has recently reported that if a border tax like that is put on Mexican goods, they would immediately seek retaliation.

In my view, building this wall could send a message to foreign companies that the border is closed for business.

President Trump seems to be leading us to a trade war with Mexico.

This wall could cost $21.6 billion, and that's with a 'B,' $21.6 billion.

A WalletHub study recently ranked my home state number four on the list of states that could be hardest hit by a trade war with Mexico.

I rise today to oppose the nomination of Congressman Tom Price to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. I oppose the nomination because Mr. Price wants to dismantle America's health care system--with no guarantee…

To this day, they have not. That letter specially says, we cannot compensate you a penny. That is wrong.

Let me tell you that when you have come into New Mexico, we have had disasters on reservation and off reservation.