Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my health fellow, Christa Wagner, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I appreciate your flexibility during Senator Hatch's speech. I thank Senator Duckworth and Senator Cortez Masto for their evolving leadership and for their passion about these issues.

Mr. President, it is pretty clear. It is pretty simple. There never has been a nominee for Secretary of Education as unqualified as Betsy DeVos. That is clear to pretty much every Member of this body--not that every Member of this body is…

Mr. President, the job of the Attorney General of the United States is to enforce laws that protect the rights of each and every American. More than ever--more than ever--we need leaders who can bring Americans together to improve…

Mr. President, it is a sad day for our democracy when the words of Coretta Scott King are not allowed on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I wish to share those words with you today in their entirety. Dear Senator Thurmond: I write to express…

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of my friend from Alaska--also from Cleveland--and those of my friend from Cincinnati, Senator Portman, about opioids. I appreciate his leadership in my State, the work he has done, and the work we…

Mr. President, on one side of this argument, one side of this rule, we see in the end--and this kind of sums it up. We have these 30 countries that followed us and passed the rules and the laws the same as we did. We have on our side, the…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the resolution before us, which really ought to be titled the ``Kleptocrat Relief Act.'' My Republican colleagues today are trying to repeal a critical bipartisan rule initiated by Senator Lugar, a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered

Mr. President, I rise to discuss what happened in the Finance Committee today--or what didn't happen in the Finance Committee today. Two newspapers--one, the Columbus Dispatch, one of Ohio's best and most conservative newspapers, and the…

Mr. President, the city of Cleveland lost a committed public servant last week, Officer David Fahey. Officer Fahey dedicated his career to protecting our community and was tragically killed in the line of duty in a senseless hit-and-run. A…

On behalf of 700,000 Ohioans losing their insurance, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.