That is a number we should have, just to be able to get a good feel for that and what that would mean.

I ask unanimous consent that all votes after the first in this series be 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

today, I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by my friend and colleague from Vermont, Senator Leahy. My colleagues have heard me stand at this same desk multiple times and speak on the issues underlying the Secure Elections Act, a…

Yesterday Facebook was rapid to not only say there's an outside entity, we're not saying it's Russia, it looks like it is, but here's the images they're putting out.

over the past week, the Senate has debated and amended the financial services and general government appropriations bill. It is the first time that this bill has the potential to cross the floor of this Senate since 2007, when the bill was…

I do believe that it is important for the American people to hear clear and consistent messages from our leadership that Russia and Vladimir Putin are an adversary and a threat to our Nation.

As Chairman Lankford noted last week, the Russian attacks on our election infrastructure in 2016 were an attack on our democracy.

You inherited a mess on trade worldwide, and there are a lot of issues that are happening, but they all need to be cleaned up.

I just have one final question.

I know. It is so fun, is it not?

They want those to be fixed, but they're still looking for the new places, more places they can take their product.

But I am still back to the same issue.

It's so extreme at $800 billion that we just can't nibble around the edges, we have to change, and particularly with respect to China, where it's $375 billion.

USA Jobs just has to get fixed.

OK. Can we set a date on that now? Can we set an October 1 date? Do we need to set a November 1 date?

That is what I needed to hear.

Let us fix it. I thank both of you for being here and what you are doing.

I know that is a sore point for Senator Heitkamp.

The target goal is how to get some of these resolved long term so that we can go start fighting for the new places and the new countries to be able to do business and be on offense again.

How does the moving HR services over improve customer service?

So the balance that this committee will have as we walk through the process and the insight that we'll need from you is: We have redundancy in this area; we could use those resources in another area more efficiently.

I rise today to discuss the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill for 2019. As chairman of the subcommittee, I have really enjoyed working with the ranking member, Senator Coons, and all of the members of the…

You are right. Thank you. Thank you for that.

The backlog is untenable for the Federal worker at this point, and it has to be resolved, but it has to be resolved fairly.

I understand that. That is fine.