Madam President, we lost an American hero today--the last in the line of heroes that will I explain in a moment. He was Ohio native Lt. Col. Richard Cole, and he was the last of the fabled Doolittle Raiders. In the spring of 1942, the…

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in opposition to the nomination of Mark Calabria. He is the wrong man for this job. Sometimes I kind of can't believe this place. I see these people. I see the President of the United States, who never…

Mr. President, as you know and as we know, our Nation is facing an affordable housing crisis. Right now, we are considering the nomination of someone who will have the power to do something about it--Mark Calabria, the President's nominee…

Mr. President, last month, the courts once again stepped in and allowed politicians to meddle in women's healthcare. Last month the courts once again stepped in. Unelected judges--unelected, conservative, mostly male judges--stepped in and…

Mr. President, last week the dedicated journalists at the Cincinnati Enquirer published the first in a series of reports on the Ohioans left behind by the economic recovery. This is a big project that seven reporters, three editors…

Mr. President, I join my friend and colleague, Senator Portman, in rising to recognize the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the giants of American religious life, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise. Rabbi Wise adopted Ohio as his home and is…

Mr. President, I concur with the comments of my friend from Montana. I know what this President wants to potentially do to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and to the air bases in Springfield, in my hometown of Mansfield, in Youngstown…

Madam President, judges are making decisions around the country right now on voting rights, on civil rights, on LGBT rights, on women's rights, on healthcare, on sentencing, and on corporate power. Several times over the last couple of…

Madam President, I ask for an additional 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

This issue today we are about to vote on is about Eric Murphy. It is about confirming a very young, very inexperienced lawyer in Cleveland whose claim to fame is that he argued against marriage equality in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges…

Madam President, I appreciate Senator Isakson's work as the leader of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, his bipartisan work to advance the causes of veterans in our country. I was in Columbia, SC, last week, and a veteran who had attempted…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.