reserving the right to object, would the Senator from Nevada, the majority leader, consider an amendment that would modify his request that would provide an offset for this bill? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the majority leader agree to…

What we are talking about is an errant CBO score that doesn't fit with reality or the information given to them by the VA. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, what we are talking about, really, is…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Debt

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Jersey. ____________________

Reserving the right to object---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Senator Rubio has been waiting all day to offer a unanimous consent request on a bill he has. I ask unanimous consent that the 2 minutes that Senator Rubio would like to have be available between Senator Enzi and Senator Merkley.

Leadership is important.

I think it is important that we allow the President the staff to meet the demands that are placed upon him.

It does not make sense to the American people.

The real problem is that corporate tax rates in this country, corporate plus local, are twice what they are in the average of the rest of the world.

Just to talk a little bit about your work at Commerce, my perception is that our biggest problem with contracting is that we really do not know what we want when we go to contract for it.

What we have not seen is leadership to do the hard stuff.

our goal is to eliminate you as an agency.

All your services revenue comes from Federal agencies. Is that your testimony?

Well, you all should have somebody in your staff knows that answer.

Well, I would like for you to answer that for the record, if you would.

we have before us a bill where unfortunately we do not believe in markets. We are told markets will not work, so we have a terrorism risk insurance bill. That means the Federal Government is going to be the insurer of last resort. There…

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and my amendment No. 3549 be called up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To allow the Secretary to extend the deadline for collecting…

I want to spend a few minutes discussing the effect and the premise of the legislation on which we just decided not to move forward. I have spent 25 years of my life caring for women. There is not a complication of pregnancy I have not…

The No. 1 message to stop this is planes arriving in Honduras and Guatemala with these children back home.

I think you made a grievous error in denying Congressman Bridenstine access to that facility.

The best way to stop the flow is to send them back.

If there is such an agreement, does it do anything to stem the tide of illegal alien children flowing to the United States?

Regardless of all our testimony, regardless of all the theories, when you ask people why they are coming. They are telling you why they came.