I rise today in support of the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act, which my good friend Senator Orrin Hatch has requested a vote on this afternoon. First, I thank Senator Hatch for his work on this important…

first I want to compliment once again my colleague, the senior Senator from Maine. She is always looking for a compromise. She is always looking to try to work in a constructive way. While I don't appreciate the results she has asked…

it is good to follow my good friend, the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, on which I am ranking member. I don't agree with him, but he is a fine man. Now, I rise to dispel attempts by the other side of the aisle to…

I have heard that we have said that currency should not be part of TPP, and that would be, I think, a really wrong move.

We have not been very successful against China. I totally disagree with you. We need much more.

I cannot support trade agreements like that anymore.

I think the decline of middle-class incomes is the greatest problem America faces, bar none.

I want to applaud the good work you and the President and all your crew have done on the budget.

I oppose the administration strongly and vehemently, and I cannot even understand your logic here.

ACA, despite all the naysaying, has some huge successes. Health-care spending growth has decreased significantly.

If we are going to insure more people, we need physicians.

I certainly believe in the programs you have mentioned. They have been around for a while. They have not filled our need.

Eighty percent of those enrolled said they were previously uninsured, so it is great.

I am vehemently opposed to that proposal, and I hope the administration would reconsider.

The uninsured level is the lowest in decades: 9.5 million insured in my State of New York.

I thank my colleague. I just have a few more questions, and then I will say my piece. First, I ask my colleague, is it his party that is in the majority in this body?

Isn't it true that the majority has the ability to put any bill they want on the floor just about at any time? They can rule XIV. They can go through committee. There are many procedural ways to get a bill on the floor; is that right?

My final question is this: Since we have a Department of Homeland Security that needs funding and the issue of immigration is a controversial issue--one on which we relish a debate--wouldn't it be possible for the majority to pass a…

The CDC has done a great job.

the distinguished majority leader has stated that it is possible within the procedures of this Senate to pass a homeland security bill, as negotiated by our Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs--and I see the able head…

I rise to urge my Republican colleagues to pass a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. We are now only 1 month away from a shutdown of the principal Federal agency charged with…

I would like to thank the Chairman and compliment him on his outstanding and speedy start.

It is my great privilege to introduce Loretta Lynch, a proud New Yorker and the nominee to be the next Attorney General of the United States.

And specifically if a court happens to strike down Executive action, will you respect that court decision?

Will you commit to following court decisions and legal process?