I didn't know my colleague from North Carolina was going to come to the floor to talk about D-day. That is what I am going to talk about too. I would like to follow on his comments, first, to congratulate him for a terrific job of…

When I say that, people say to me, 'Are you Rob Portman?'

Thank you for keeping us safe.

We also found that there were 73 individuals employed by the aviation industry who were on terrorist 'watchlists.'

I want to express my concern, right now. We need to be sure that those airports are fully vetted and have the proper security screenings in place.

Ninety-five percent of the time, TSA was not finding dangerous items.

This Committee will be very interested in the results of that test.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to executive session for the consideration of the nominations previously ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I hope we can send this comprehensive legislation to the Whitehouse as soon as possible, to give more people hope, to be able to reverse the tide of this addiction and allow those Americans to live out their God-given purpose. I yield back…

I rise today to talk about an issue that affects all of us in this Chamber and all of the communities we represent. I also rise on behalf of the 200,000 Ohioans who are currently struggling with an addiction to prescription drugs or…

I think it is hard for us to sit here this morning and say that ISIS is, in fact, being contained.

I think there is not a sense of urgency here.