at the end of World War I--the supposed war to end all wars; we all wish that it did--in the 11th hour, in the 11th month on the 11th day, we declared armistice. The war was over. Armistice Day is still recognized, but it is now called…

a couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege to stand at Iron Horse Industrial Park. It is a brand-new industrial park just outside of Shawnee, OK. It is run by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and for almost 10 years, they have had the dream…

I encourage my colleagues to pass this amendment that has been called up and that we are going to vote for here in just a few moments. Senator Cortez Masto and I worked together on this. She has been the lead on this whole issue. I am…

let me take you back to December 2016. We are all getting ready for Christmas. It is a month after President Trump is elected. He will not take his office for another month after that, but in Turkey they are reeling from a coup attempt…

the Permanent Subcommittee for Investigations just finished a major research project. I happen to sit on that committee led by Rob Portman. He has done a phenomenal job of trying to pull all the information together to study government…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:09 p.m., stands adjourned until Thursday, September 19, 2019…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, September 19; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

on September 17, 1787, this great experiment was finalized to try to form what they considered a more perfect Union, and the birth of our Constitution happened. This was a radical experiment in self-government, and most of the rest of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 417. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I know of no further debate on the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? The motion was agreed to. ____________________

18 years ago today, in my office in Oklahoma City, a fellow staff member poked her head into the office and said to me: There is a freak accident that has happened in New York. A plane flew into the World Trade Center. She went down the…

August is coming quickly. It is the time that we have a gap in the legislative calendar. As this body knows well, Congress is in session for 11 months of the year. We have one month in which we are not in Washington, DC, which gives us the…

in April of this year, Border Patrol agents in South Texas, in McAllen--one of the most crossed areas for illegal traffic in the entire southern border--saw a group of individuals walking north who had already crossed the border, and they…

according to the Treasury, since 1960, Congress has acted 78 times to raise the debt ceiling. Let me run that past you again. Since 1960, we have had 78 debt ceiling increases, under Republican Presidents, Democratic Presidents, Republican…

I rise to talk to this body again about healthcare and the cost of healthcare. This has been an issue and an ongoing dialogue for a long time around the Senate and around Congress. It is an issue that was supposedly settled when the…

I want to rise today to speak to the Senate and compliment two of my colleagues, Senator Jim Inhofe from my State of Oklahoma, my senior Senator, and Senator Jack Reed, for their leadership and bipartisan work on this year's National…

I started working on election security with Senator Klobuchar in 2017. At the time, I served on the Senate Intelligence Committee. We have worked together, from the beginning, to make this a bipartisan--in fact, nonpartisan--issue…

I rise today to talk about Juneteenth and the VA MISSION Act. The VA MISSION Act is a remarkable transition that is happening right now in VA centers across the country, but I need to pause for just a moment in recognition of today's date…

I know of no further debate on the measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 248) was agreed to.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 248, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, following leader remarks on Thursday, June 13, 2019, the Senate be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each; further, that at 10:45 a.m…

we are 8 months away from the first primary of the 2020 election. There is a false belief that the 2020 election is a year and a half away when it is 8 months away. In his May 29 speech, Robert Mueller made the statement that there were…