No, absolutely not, Anderson.

I ask unanimous consent that my legislative fellow Long Lam and intern Erin McGinniss be granted privileges of the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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

I come to the floor tonight with a simple and clear message, which is that we must not allow internment camps to be built in the United States of America. I come with this message because we have heard on Capitol Hill that even as I speak…

I am glad to be here following my colleague who is the ranking member of the subcommittee and who has done such excellent work, as well as with the Senator from Alaska, in undertaking and really bringing together a vision for their…

Should we not more accurately approach this from the viewpoint that there is still a nuclear threat from North Korea?

I would say this is the type of thing were executive leadership makes a difference in giving direction to this body.

President Trump blamed poor relations with Russia on U.S. foolishness.

I think it's such a meeting is completely inappropriate at this point. Not just because the President's completely unprepared and you have a very sharp KGB agent in President Putin but while the President's under investigation it just…

We're in a very strange space right now because the President is under investigation, or his team is under investigation for potentially having collaborated with an enemy.

as ranking member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, I rise today to discuss the Agriculture appropriations bill. This is a good bill that was drafted in a bipartisan manner and passed out of committee unanimously. A big…

I think a principle of reciprocity is a great one to apply to this problem.

Why should we give them such easy access when they are putting up such fierce obstacles to our investments in China?

We certainly have an understanding of massive Chinese subsidies that are not allowed under WTO.

As long as our market is very open to the Chinese, and as long as they can pay wages that are much lower than ours and have environmental laws that are virtually nonexistent or non-enforced, is it not always going to be pretty much cheaper…

A couple of years ago when I was part of a delegation to China, we were at a meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in which many of these practices were highlighted.

I did an amendment a few years ago that said if China does not produce a report, our trade representative will be directed to produce our report.

I strongly object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Montana.

reserving the right to object, this moment hardly seems the time for the Senate to engage in debating rhetorical phrases of praise for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency when that agency--better known as ICE--is deeply mired in…

So if we lose this blue-slip tradition for circuit courts, it would be the case that when the seat comes open that is now held in Rhode Island, an administration could nominate and conceivably a majority could confirm someone who lives…

So, in essence, if our colleagues across the aisle vote for this confirmation, they are basically saying that they are voting to give up the understanding among this body that has ensured that they would have a voice in making sure that a…

I very much appreciate his laying out this basic framework under which this conversation is taking place. But just for clarity, the Senator made the point that there is no law that requires a member of a circuit court to be in a particular…

I so appreciate my colleagues from Minnesota and New York coming to the floor to share their insights on this challenge that we are in, where a 101-year-old convention is about to be smashed to smithereens by the majority in a…

I appreciate so much my colleague from Rhode Island laying out what is at stake here. Why has this 101-year tradition maintained itself over a period of time in which so many things have changed in our culture? The country has been…

the nomination of Ryan Wesley Bounds is just the latest in more than a year of attacks that have been based on a strategy of converting the United States from a nation that is based and organized on and that fights for the principle of…