I have 3 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I want to assure the Senator from Utah, who just spoke, who is also the President pro tempore of this entire body, that he is well regarded on both sides of the aisle. I don't think any Senator has had a more distinguished or consequential…

I thank the Senator. I have to get the last word, though, because this is about the Senator. Senator Hatch said he loves this place and he loves its Members. There is a lot of love for him in this place on both sides of the aisle, and it…

I want to thank my friend and colleague, Senator Blumenthal, for his commitment to this issue. We started this caucus to end trafficking 6 years ago, and during that time period there has been some significant progress made here in the…

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In a recent proclamation, President Trump continued what President Obama had begun in making this the ninth annual year where we designate our first month of the year to…

It is crazy to me that there is a cap of 16 beds on some of the really good, successful residential treatment programs in Ohio.

I do believe that we ought to give the President and the administration the space to be able to negotiate what could be an historic agreement.

We need to be clear-eyed about what the challenges are. We certainly, based on experience, cannot be trusting of what North Korea says.

Destabilizing behavior I think is the part that we missed, and look what has happened in the last several years with regard to Hezbollah in Syria in particular but also as we see in Yemen and elsewhere.

I want to recognize the upcoming 90th birthday of Albert Ratner on December 26. Albert has led a distinguished life that has touched and benefited countless people in Ohio and around the world. I consider Albert a dear friend and a wise…

I yield back my time. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the…

I ask unanimous consent that the junior Senator from Louisiana be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills during today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.