We need to be replacing old lifts, old infrastructure.

I have introduced a bill called Recreation, Not Red Tape.

You ought to be able to get all your passes online.

The way it would work is instead of sending the money raised by ski area permit fees to the Treasury, the money would stay with the agencies.

No Senator who believes that individual rights are reserved to the people and not to Government can support this nomination.

I thank my colleague. Now, as we consider the nomination of Senator Coats, and recognize that his top priority, by his admission, would be the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act--particularly section 702--I want…

of course. I will tell my colleague, as to what the majority and the minority have agreed to, as soon as those consent requests are ready, then we will take a time out from my remarks and make sure that matter is resolved. As we wait for…

I know both sides are working on trying to get an arrangement for the vote. Mr. President, I also want to tell my colleague from Texas that I listened very carefully to his remarks with respect to transparency in government. He has had a…

the Senate has been digging into the legal quagmire of drug testing the unemployed. I would like to begin by saying that no matter where a Senator comes down on the issue of drug testing, my view is that this measure before us is simply…

I hope that the President's forthcoming budget doesn't take even more trade enforcers out of the game.

the administration has talked a big game when it comes to trade, but now it's time to act.

It seems like a trap question, does it not somehow?

We urge you to use the confirmation hearings to clarify Mr. Lighthizer's commitment to promoting a U.S. trade policy that benefits all Americans by protecting and promoting labor, environmental, and human rights worldwide.

My own view is that the agenda has to start, particularly in this season of March Madness, with a vigorous, full-court press for tough trade enforcement.

I am going to be in rural Oregon this weekend having town hall meetings, and being able to tell them that the person who is being considered as the nominee for our U.S. Trade Representative has this at the top of the list makes a…

transparency with the public and with Congress will be absolutely essential.

Trade policy cannot end with effective enforcement of existing rules.

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moran). Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Verma nomination?

the hard numbers are now in on TrumpCare, and there is no sugarcoating them for the American people, as 24 million Americans get kicked off their insurance plans, as $880 billion is slashed from Medicaid in the first decade, and as a…

Where is U.S. leadership?

I hope that at the end of this hearing, Americans will have heard more detail about how the administration plans to meet the extensive promises then-candidate Trump made in the 2016 campaign.

Speaking for Democrats, we are willing to work with Republicans to provide a statutory exception for Mr. Lighthizer, but we also insist that Republicans work with Democrats to provide a lifeline to America's hard-working miners who are now…

The U.S. Government cannot deploy a full-court press with only half a team.

the administration has talked mightily when it comes to trade, and so we have now reached the time for action.

The country needs a USTR who is going to stand up for our rights on behalf of our workers and our businesses at the World Trade Organization.