I yield back the remaining time on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back. Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The senior…

I have a parliamentary inquiry: How much time do we have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the Senator from Maine has zero time remaining.

let me thank the chairman for her consideration. I rise in support of the Zika supplemental amendment offered by Senators Murray and Blunt, as well as the amendment offered by Senator Nelson. The threat of the Zika virus is a serious…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle--Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Kelly--in a common refrain. What Mr. Renacci, Mr. Lewis, and Mr…

I rise to join Senator Collins in support of the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. I want to join her in commending Chairman Cochran and Vice Chairwoman Mikulski for their great work, but I…

last Sunday I had the opportunity to attend the 101st anniversary commemoration of the Armenian genocide, hosted at the Armenian Martyrs Memorial in Providence, RI. I was pleased to be able to join with so many in the Armenian community in…

I would like to associate myself with the comments made by the Senator from Ohio. I also support the need for greater energy efficiency and applaud the sponsors of this amendment for promoting greater energy efficiency. At the same time, I…

And that requires adequate robust funding, not just in this year, but going forward.

I am pleased to be introducing, along with Senator Capito, the High Hazard Potential Small Dam Safety Act. This legislation seeks to provide grant assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of non-Federal high hazard potential dams. High…

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for yielding and for taking the leadership in putting this Special Order together to discuss poverty in America. Before I get into some of the substance, I want to talk about this from a personal…

today I am introducing two bills pertaining to healthy housing, the Healthy Housing Council Act and the Title X Amendments Act. These bills seek to improve federal coordination of healthy housing efforts and better integrate healthy…

I am pleased to be joining Senator Blunt in introducing the Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act. According to the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, there are currently only 8,300 child and adolescent…

As the Ranking Member on the Armed Services Committee, it is critical to our readiness and the ability of our troops to concentrate on their jobs, so thank you.

Thank you for your efforts, because I think now we have got a better hold on keeping the level at 36 percent.

I do not think there is anyone in this Congress that would object to protecting the financial well-being of men and women who are wearing the uniform of the United States.

On rollcall No. 137, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

today I am introducing legislation to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, to update its industry guides for oil, gas, and mining companies. In November 2015, Peabody Energy agreed to provide comprehensive SEC disclosures…

I think it should clear where both the chair and I stand on that one.

So we have embarked on a concerted effort, and I know we have the support and attention of the Department's highest leadership as well as FRA itself, in order to turn that around.

It amounts to what I call partial disarmament on the part of the safety regulator. That is most disturbing. I would like to see it corrected.

Giving away billions of dollars in Federal assets to a nonprofit corporation controlled by airlines without any congressional oversight is I believe an ill-conceived idea at best.

We have not made the necessary investment to keep pace with this demand.

I do not think that privatization will offer a path to safer skies.

Rhode Island's Route 610 connector, for example, is crumbling with patches upon patches barely holding it together.

To have a future which would avoid Rhode Island in any way, shape, or form, either through routes or through services, would be, I think, wrongheaded.