I will work with all members of the embassy community to promote and foster an inclusive and diverse embassy team.

I want to say thank you to Senator Warren, Senator Markey, Senator Shaheen and Senator Hassan, among others, for their early indication of support for my candidacy.

I understand I may be off over the last couple of days, but 6,357 consecutive votes, which is the record in the United States Senate.

I want to thank her for her dedication to public service and commend her for her 6357th consecutive vote in the US Senate.

I thank Senator Manchin, Senator Warner, and Senator Casey, who all represent a lot of these mine workers. Some of them are in the Gallery. We attended a rally with some of them the other night. Some of them we see in Zanesville…

reserving the right to object, I share Senator Shelby's and other colleagues' strong desire to ensure that this small group of Americans who suffered such violence at the hands of FARC is compensated for their ordeal. Earlier this week, at…

I appreciate the good work Senator Murkowski does in cooperation with people in this institution. Remembering John Glenn Mr. President, today our country lost an American hero, Col. John Glenn, Senator John Glenn. I will be back on a later…

reserving the right to object, I am a bit incredulous. I like the Senator from North Carolina. We sit across from each other in the Veterans' Affairs Committee. We have done at least 2 or 3 bills that reached the President's desk and were…

reserving the right to object, we have heard a lot of talk during the election, since the election about communities like my hometown of Mansfield, OH, not far from where the Presiding Officer grew up--communities that have been ignored by…

--Senator Tillis, I heard the tail end of it. I was in the cloakroom trying to find out exactly what the parliamentary procedure was going be on this. I would be willing to say yes to a lot of these once we take care of the mine workers…

reserving the right to object, I was incredulous at the beginning of the night, not quite believing that Senator McConnell--I don't know what he is doing now--was sending his people to the floor and finding ways to push back against the…

Reserving the right to object, but I withdraw my reservation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I reserve the right to object. We can keep doing this. I think it is very clear what Senator Manchin and I are asking for. We are not asking for anything unusual; we are asking for the Senate to honor the pledge made by President Truman…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.

reserving the right to object, this legislation sounds pretty good. It is bipartisan, but I also know that in my State there are more than 1,000 retired mine workers and their widows. We know that people who have worked in the mines for…

I appreciate those words. I also recognize that we have not seen a continuing resolution yet. There is a rumor that it has 4 months of health care but it doesn't have any pension assistance, and there is nothing about fully funding their…

I can't exactly speak for my colleagues, but I know a number of Senators on this side of the aisle will be pleased to work with the Senator on this legislation, and I am hopeful we can do both in the days ahead. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I thank Senator Manchin for driving this issue. It was done better with him than without him. I thank him for making a world of difference and Senator Casey for his impassioned pleas and reading the letters from mine workers, retired mine…

it strikes me as pretty unbelievable that we are in the process of voting--debating a continuing resolution, and yet nobody has read it and nobody understands what is in it. We hear news reports, but nobody who I know here--at least on our…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mine Worker Health Care Benefits and Pensions

continued implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, is our best shot at stopping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. And so far at least, that agreement has been working. The…

right now our Nation's retired coal miners--and I know Senator Kaine and Senator Warren care about this, too--are on the brink of losing the health care and retirement benefits that they have earned over a lifetime of hard work. It is…

I thank my colleague from Virginia, who is always speaking up for our men and women in uniform and for our Nation's veterans. ____________________

I just came from a discussion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the damage it will do to our country. We have had 25 years of trade policy that has cost jobs in places like Lorain, OH, Cleveland, OH, and Dayton, OH. We know these trade…

today I congratulate the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on a century's commitment to protecting women's health and making that health care a right, not a privilege. I have been proud to stand with Planned Parenthood against a…