finally, just a few points as I see my colleagues are waiting. I wish to make a few points on Iran and President Trump's tweets. First, it seems the President is desperate to distract the American people from last week's performance in…

We applaud and thank Chairman Thune and Senator Schatz for proposing such a common sense framework.

Congress should expeditiously adopt the bipartisan Streamlining The Rapid Evolution And Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance Small Cell Deployment Act.

on Russia, a week ago today, President Trump met with President Putin in Helsinki, and with the world watching, failed to show an ounce of strength in defense of American interests. What followed was an embarrassing week of insincere walk…

on Saturday, the Senate Judiciary Committee received the completed questionnaire from Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court. As legal minds on both sides of the aisle pore over these preliminary documents, a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 584 as under the previous order and that I then be permitted to speak briefly about it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

finally, on healthcare, ever since Republicans have been handed the keys to both Houses of Congress and the White House after the 2016 election, they have engaged in a protracted campaign of sabotage against our healthcare system. Premiums…

in the 3 days since the President returned from his humiliating display of obsequiousness in Helsinki, he has offered numerous explanations for his behavior. First, he said the media was too focused on the negative and that his summit with…

I want to thank my friend, the Senator from Vermont, for this outstanding resolution. It is a resolution. I don't see who can object to it. We ask for five things in this resolution: that our government accept the assessment of our own…

first, before I talk about the resolution Senators Menendez, Schatz, and I have authored that will be voted on at 1:45 p.m., I would like to say a few words about the work the Senators from Delaware and Arizona did and my severe…

I am hopeful that we will come together on this resolution, which I introduced with the Senator from New Jersey and the Senator from Hawaii, that it is neither the policy nor the practice of the United States to submit our citizens, let…

yesterday, President Trump went through a walk back. President Trump's walk back performance was pathetic. It was weak, insincere, and thoroughly unconvincing. The President read a scripted clarification yesterday like he was in a hostage…

I join with my colleagues this afternoon to talk about the President's deeply embarrassing and disgraceful meeting with President Putin yesterday. But first, allow me to comment on what we just heard from the President. A few minutes ago…

[Yesterday's summit] was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American President in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump's naivety, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate…

I rise alongside my colleagues tonight to speak on two incredibly controversial circuit judge nominees that the Senate considers this week. The first, Ryan Bounds, of the Ninth Circuit, has not received the approval of either home State…

turning to SCOTUS, I will conclude this morning by adding that at this very delicate time, Senators from both parties should carefully scrutinize President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Not only has President Trump…

It is still difficult to comprehend what transpired yesterday in Helsinki. Because of his actions, it was one of the worst days for any President of the United States in recent memory. On foreign soil, President Trump said the United…

like any patriotic American--Democrat, Republican, or Independent--I was appalled by the press conference that capped off the President's trip to Europe this morning. President Trump hardly pressed President Putin on a single issue, saying…

I write to express our strong opposition to the Streamlining the Rapid Evolution and Modernization of Leading-edge Infrastructure Necessary to Enhance (STREAMLINE) Small Cell Deployment Act (S. 3157).

let me first thank my friend and colleague from Illinois. He is a lamp of light in this horrible moment when children are being separated from their parents, when we don't even know where they are, and when we don't even know who their…

last night President Trump selected Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. In selecting Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump did exactly what he said he would do on the campaign trail--nominate someone…

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. 3187 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

First, Mr. President, let me thank my colleague, my neighbor from New Jersey, for the excellent job he does in just about anything he does but particularly today as ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. His leadership is…

as everyone knows, later tonight President Trump will announce his nomination for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. Whoever fills Justice Kennedy's seat will join an otherwise evenly divided Court and immediately obtain the…