there has been a lot of conversation again, of late, about election security. It seems to be a frequent conversation in the hallways the last couple of days, and it is an ongoing issue that I think some people have lost track of, but we…

How do we get a good balance between what the Administration already has authority to do and what the Administration does not have authority?

We should probably own the facility.

All right. Jeh Johnson spent a lot of time with this Committee going through DHS and the restructuring and the requests.

When I go through the list, I go back to business perspective in the past and remember a very old term, the big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG), and that is really what I see this, as the list of the big, hairy, audacious goals.

It was a terrible idea 15 years ago.

I hope we can get support. I hope we can get this thing signed into law.

We are paying for the building twice.

the incrementalism of the past would not be enough.

That is a clear line for us that we have to be able to know what is our part, what is this Administration's part.

There are lots of issues with OPM that are historic issues there that absolutely affect our Federal retiring workforce dramatically.

I do not see how anybody could really be opposed at least to the effort.

If I could say this, Mr. Chairman, as well, Senator Heitkamp and I are in a hearing on the Office of Personnel Management, coming up very soon.

I, along with the rest of the Senate, look forward to going through the process with Brett Kavanaugh, who is an exceptionally qualified judge. He has been described as a judge of judges. He is one to whom judges look around the country to…

I ask unanimous consent that the following individuals with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be granted floor privileges for the duration of debate on the farm bill: detailee Chu-Yuan Hwang and interns Lane Coberly…

today, Wednesday, is day 83,723 since the Senate first achieved a quorum and started work. No grand celebration there. That is 229 years, 2 months, and 22 days. In that time, this body has deliberated over some of the most difficult issues…

From a grateful nation that sees a lot of the issues that are happening around the world.

We're not going to walk away from the Palestinian people. But, clearly, the UNRWA model is not working.

I think there is a legitimate Federal interest in making sure that we do have floors--not ceilings, not micromanagement.

I was part of the group of secretaries of state that Senator Lankford and Klobuchar invited to advise them.

It is the overwhelming view of the intelligence community that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election.

So, it is our great frustration, as you know well, that we've worked with several of these social media platforms, and they saw things and were taking in ads that were election related.

We do need to deal with the obvious threats that are coming at our Nation dealing with elections.

earlier this year, this Chamber was full of conversation about immigration. We had four bipartisan proposals that all came to this floor. All four of them had votes. All four of them had some engagement from different Members. All four of…

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 7:40 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at 10 a.m…