We need staffs in these offices that have the expertise and knowledge to make sure family farms stay in business.

How do we square longer wait times or farmers not deciding--deciding not to participate in these programs with your touted improved customer service?

We cannot walk away. Will you commit to finding additional resources for this critical water quality program?

I sat in the White House with the President and a handful of Senators from this committee as the President promised us this bill would create more jobs, it would mean a $4,500 raise for every worker.

The administration is--well, made more than noises--has attempted to cut GLRI.

We do not want to lose out or drop back from where we were moving in the momentum.

It is important. As I said, it is important on this side of the table.

This law simply was not middle-class tax reform. It was a major giveaway, as Senator McCaskill said, Senator Whitehouse has said; it is a major giveaway to corporations and executives.

I think your proposals are radical enough that you have not.

I encourage you to solicit input and feedback... from the States as you move forward with this guidance.

Eleven people died on Tuesday, 11 people died yesterday, 11 people will die today, and 11 people will die tomorrow, on the average, as you know.

I reserve the right to object. Mr. President, how does it make sense to confirm an inspector general for an agency that really isn't an agency that is actually in operation doing its best? So we are not going to appoint the members of the…

I am disappointed that we can't confirm the Ex-Im nominees today. I know many other Senators want to resolve this situation. I will continue to push to reopen the Ex-Im Bank. We were willing--the majority of the Banking Committee was…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for his leadership and his outspokenness--how he has shown the importance of the Senate actually doing its job on both climate change and campaign finance and how much they are related to each other…

I thank both Senator Thune and Senator Cantwell for their exchange back and forth. I especially appreciate Senator Cantwell's work. I grew up an hour and a half away from Lake Erie and saw, in the 1960s, what that lake looked like. For 10…

I spoke at the Cleveland City Club the other day about opioids and our government looking at it in a big, comprehensive, public health way.

But I used the example of tobacco. In 1964, when the U.S. Surgeon General first came out against it, so first recognized tobacco as a public health crisis, 45 percent of American adults smoked; last year, it was down to 15.

it is like a game of Jenga. You are pulling out piece after piece, and soon enough the entire foundation is going to collapse

The decisions being made now may lead us to the next crash.

Will you commit, absolutely commit, contrary to Secretary Mnuchin, that the Fed will not raise the $50 billion intermediate holding company threshold

The Fed missed the crisis the last time. It had the power to rein in predatory mortgage lending; it did not.

I guess I can only see that you are leaving your options open to deregulate these foreign banks that have assets above 50 and under 250 assets in the U.S.

When Washington dismantles protections, Wall Street always cheers. Ultimately, Main Street pays the price.

Americans for Financial Reform called this resolution ``a deeply troubling piece of legislation that will leave millions of people of color at the mercy of auto-dealers and lenders with a long history of racial discrimination.'' I know a…

I rise in opposition to the motion. This is my second day in a row being on the opposite side of my friend Senator Moran and Senator Crapo, too, for that matter, but you have to do what you have to do. Over the last year and a half, as we…