I went down with Secretary Vilsack's first agricultural visit, the first trip since 1961.

Agriculture is the second-largest driver of our economy in the State of Oregon.

today I rise to address a topic under the broad notion of the first three words of our Constitution: ``We the People.'' These are the most important three words because they set out the theory, the strategy for our entire Constitution and…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Bayley Sandy, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would like to see the EPA look at this very closely because the tests that cost many hundreds of dollars with a monitor, or thousands of dollars, can be done for just a fraction of that by testing the moss.

I can't overState how much concern there is among the citizens who live in these zones of contamination that have been just recently identified.

I do appreciate Dennis McLerran's prompt response to the letter that Senator Wyden and I sent in which we are asking for full extensive cooperation.

In addition to the medical research teams, do we have a modeling team working on demographics of this to understand how the natural immunization of populations might slow the spread and reduce the risk?

the most important words in our Constitution are the first three words of that document: ``We the People.'' These are words that the authors put in supersized print to tell us that this is what our government is all about--and also, what…

I ask unanimous consent for my intern, Aaron Nelson, to be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Do we believe, at this point--I realize we will learn a lot more--that women who have had Zika say in childhood would be very unlikely to have the virus at a level that would cause concern in their childbearing years?

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Sebastian Gomez-Devine, have the privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise to address several amendments that I hope we will have an opportunity to vote on before this bill is completed. The first amendment is amendment No. 3131, research and development for secondary use and innovative recycling research…

I am delighted to join the two Senators from Maine--Senator Collins and Senator Angus King--in this dialogue, as well as Senator Klobuchar. I believe a few other Senators may join us. Senator Collins has been a great leader in advancing…

the most important words in the crafting of our Constitution are the first three words. Those words are ``We the People.'' As President Lincoln so eloquently put it, this is the notion that we would create a system of governance that would…

I rise today to kick off a series of speeches where I will come to the floor on a regular basis to address issues affecting Americans and propose ways to solve the challenges we face. These speeches will cover a variety of topics, but they…

The sheriff from Harney County has said you all came here to say you wanted to support the community, and the best way you can support the community is to go back home.

I wanted to speak in support of this.

I would like to work with my colleagues, Senator Crapo and others, who have States that are on the Columbia River.

The county commissioners... has noted that those are costs they simply can't bear and they should have a mechanism to be able to recover these costs.

People may be surprised to find out that more water rolls through the Columbia River than any other river in the Country.

Each of these standards has a constitutional foundation. The first reflects the restraints of the dormant commerce clause. The second reflects the Constitution's supremacy clause. The third corresponds to the scientific factual predicate…

a huge thanks to my colleagues who have been presenting so many important dimensions of this battle against a major threat to the health of our planet. Indeed, Henry David Thoreau asked, ``What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got…

I rise to share a little bit of details about the climate talks that are going on in Paris at this very moment. A number of us in the Senate were able to go to Paris last weekend and to be engaged in that dialogue. What I was terrifically…

earlier today Donald Trump called for the United States to ban all Muslims from entering our Nation. This is the single worst idea I have heard from any Presidential candidate, ever. It is inconsistent with our American values. It is…