first, let me once again commend the chairman for working collaboratively and cooperatively to include in this legislation over 100 amendments that have improved a very good piece of legislation. It also represents the input of the vast…

Senator Paul has been relentless in doing something that has to be done, which is the revision of the AUMFs from 2001 and 2002. Yet there is sort of a simple notion that you cannot replace something with nothing, and we have nothing. This…

reserving the right to object, I ask if the Senator from Kansas would modify the request and I be allowed to speak for up to 5 minutes before Senator McCain?

I rise to discuss the fiscal year 2018 national defense authorization bill, which was passed unanimously out of the Armed Services Committee on July 10. First, I would like to acknowledge Chairman McCain, whose leadership on this committee…

I ask unanimous consent that Alisa Beyninson, a Government Accountability Office detailee to the Armed Services Committee, be granted floor privileges during the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018…

I have listened intently to the discussions this afternoon with respect to the AUMF of 2001 and the AUMF of 2002, and all of the speakers have made a point that I think is obvious: We have to update our authorizations to account for the…

I think there are other questions like that. Are there data that should be off limits, you know, no one can have it or the person has to give an affirmative thumbs up or thumbs down?

I think there is a whole series of questions that you have raised which I find very, very helpful, so thank you very much.

I think shareholders should be aware of what their investment--or their company is doing in terms of cybersecurity.

I rise today, along with so many of my colleagues--and Ms. Stabenow, who just spoke--with regard to DACA. We are here to oppose President Trump's unnecessary, political, and damaging decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood…

today, the Senate passed the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017, FDARA, to reauthorize user fees and other programs at the FDA to ensure that new, safe, and effective treatments get to patients in need as quickly as…

we know that the quality of teachers and principals are two of the most important in-school factors related to student achievement. Yet the pipeline into the profession has been neglected. If we want to improve our schools, it is essential…

our public schools are critical National infrastructure. They play a central role in our Democracy--educating the next generation, serving as polling places for our elections, hosting community meetings and events, and so much more. As we…

today I am joined by Senators Casey, Gillibrand, Hassan, and Whitehouse to introduce the Layoff Prevention Act of 2017. This bill renews and extends Federal support for State short-time compensation--or work sharing--programs, which help…

I have a motion to commit the bill, H.R. 1628, to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that, No. 1, are within…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628 and ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. I move to commit the bill, H.R. 1628, to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3…

let me join the Democratic leader in expressing my dismay in what has been going on on the Senate floor with respect to healthcare. For over 7 years, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have been talking about how they intended to…

today I am introducing the DEPSCoR Reauthorization Act of 2017 along with Senators Rounds, Brown, Collins, Carper, Coons, Whitehouse, Shaheen, Cortez Masto, and Hirono. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that we have universities in all…

I am truly dismayed by what we have seen in this Chamber over the last couple of months with respect to the Senate TrumpCare bill. We are expecting to take a vote tomorrow on the motion to proceed, but at this point, our Republican…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 397. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the…

I rise to discuss the nomination of Mr. Patrick Shanahan to serve as the 33rd Deputy Secretary of Defense. The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on his nomination on June 20, and he was voted out of committee by voice vote…

One of those bad decisions is the President's shortsighted proposal to privatize our Nation's air traffic control system.

Your budget will be what we finally, on a bipartisan basis, vote for.

There are massive capital investment needs on the Northeast Corridor which are way beyond the capacity of Amtrak in any way, shape, or form alone just on revenue, fares, et cetera to pay for, including bridges and track safety.

We have approached this on a very bipartisan basis, and we would like that same approach going forward.