today I would like to enter into a colloquy with the senior Senator from Connecticut to discuss the Big Cat Public Safety Act. Section 3 of the bill amends title 16 of the U.S. Code, section 3372(e) by striking the entire subsection and…

I thank Senator Blumenthal for helping clarify the intent and effects of the Big Cat Public Safety Act on this matter and would like to reiterate that we are not negating State authority with these changes within the bill. The Big Cat…

this amendment is very, very narrowly tailored. It is in response to the bill. I have talked to several of the bill's sponsors, and they have told me their intent is to be able to protect religious liberty, which I appreciate that to be…

in 2015, after the Obergefell decision came down from the Supreme Court, putting same-sex marriage as the law of the land, President Obama made a statement to the country. He came and spoke to the country when there was a lot of heat and a…

on behalf of Senator Rubio, I call up amendment No. 6493 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma (Mr…

I would like to also call up amendment No. 6496 and ask that it also be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr…

29 years ago today--29 years ago today-- President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill sponsored by then- Representative Chuck Schumer that has aided in the defense of protection of one of the most fundamental freedoms that we have in our…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Religious Freedom Restoration Act

as the junior Senator from Oklahoma, I can't tell you what an honor it has been to be able to serve with my senior Senator. Jim Inhofe has for decades served our State. He has been reelected over and over and over again because the people…

How do we get folks back to work so we can catch up with the backlog?

Hearts and prayers today go out to the folks in Florida. They have had a very difficult past 24 hours, to say the least, and they will have a long recovery process on that.

Again, this should not be a partisan issue. We should go get the best possible people to be able to serve their neighbors and their friends across the Nation, serving in the Federal family on this.

while we are standing here right now in Washington, DC, in the middle of an afternoon, protests are happening all over Iran right now. The latest news reports coming out from social media and the very limited media that can get out of…

I appreciate my colleague. We have a lot of agreement in areas in Lebanon and other areas in the region that we work diligently together to be able to resolve--very, very difficult areas in this region. But I do want to say: Facts are…

The Federal Courts and the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at Department of Justice (DOJ) have both been very clear on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

Thanks for holding this hearing.

Will you agree to, in the future, making records available at the National Archives to be able to show what the process was and the decisionmaking was, to be able to reach the point to have greater transparency for the American people?

The position of the Archivist... is a nonpartisan position that there is not a lot of attention to.

This is unprecedented for a former President, obviously, to be able to go through this.

A raid of a former President's house is unprecedented, and it puts the entire process on full display.

I do not want it to be misunderstood in any way that the National Archives could consider the United States Constitution a potentially offensive document.

In the District of Columbia, the law has to be enforced as it does everywhere else in the country.

the issue with ERA is settled by the Federal Courts or by Congress, not by the 'Arch I vist,' or the 'Ar-chi-vist.'

Thanks for your engagement at this point and the questions you have already answered.

2 years ago, almost to the exact moment, I was sitting on the south lawn of the White House in the blazing Sun, where a redhead should never sit, getting a sunburn, on a hot September day in DC, watching leadership of the UAE, Bahrain…