We have spoken as well before about the election security issues and what we are facing with foreign actors trying to interfere.

I think is an overstatement of what the law is.

There is an expectation here that the backlog will be taken care of, individuals will be heard.

It is of great value to the Nation to have independent voices that do not all have to nod their heads the same way.

We live as a nation under law, and that is the way we balance that out.

One of the things that we're trying to address is getting additional information.

Certainly immigration has remained a topic throughout.

Some of them, it's been publicly reported that the site was used to try to organize events that were election protest events in certain cities.

This is not an opposition to free speech, though. This is actually a battle to try to protect free speech.

I have the opportunity to speak to this body today about Amy Barrett. Her nomination is currently pending to be a circuit court judge. There is a pretty high standard for those individuals because they handle some incredibly difficult…

I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

So some of the accounts turned to questioning the Electoral College, as an example.

We have to fix the business framework, and it has to require a solution from the private sector.

I spoke with Governor Rossello yesterday. They are going to reengage the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) process for power support.

I do not want to run a program that goes into debt, so I know what I do not know, and I know that we need the private sector's support.

I feel like in reading the law from the 1990s, when Congress said that nonprofits would be included, that is all nonprofits.

The government ought to be able to go directly to reading the content of this American's communications based on what somebody thinks could be suspicious behavior.

I am not anti-renewable, to say the least, but I think part of the conversation that we have to have in helping Puerto Rico get back on its feet is to look at resiliency long term.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

On the cybersecurity and the technology side of it, obviously it is a prime spot for hacking and gathering data.

I think it is a multibillion-dollar question to be able to be resolved.

I find it very troubling that you're now in disagreement with, certainly, what I heard Senator Feinstein and Senator Collins say.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

we are about to vote on a gentleman named Scott Palk, who was nominated by President Trump to serve as a U.S. district court judge for the Western District of Oklahoma on May 8. On June 15 of this year, he passed the Judiciary Committee…

the political stars have to line up so that the President is of the same party