If you are confirmed--and I believe you will be--what is your hope when all of this is said and done and your time is up, how would you like to be remembered?

Overturning Heller, I believe, would be a truly radical proposition.

Citizens United, if somebody said Citizens United has been harmful to the country and made a record that the effects of Citizens United has empowered about 20 or 30 people in the country to run all the elections, and some State or locality…

You are probably going to get 55 votes, I do not know, 54 to 56 or 57.

I believe this fight is nothing more and nothing less than an attempt by our Democratic colleagues to relitigate the 2016 Presidential election.

Their objective is delay.

Most Americans after this hearing will have a dimmer view of the Senate. Rightly so.

Warriors are the best I believe at making peace. And the warrior understands the difference between a false peace and real peace. To those who accused him of wanting endless wars, you had no idea what you were talking about. He wanted…

I have been thinking about this, I have been dreading this, and now I am going to do this. To all of my colleagues who have come before me, you have done right by our friend Senator McCain. The family appreciates all the good words, the…

And if that can be repaired in this relationship, fine. But again, I just don't see that happening.

If you want to help the country, be more like John McCain. I believe there is a little John McCain in all of us. And the little John McCain practice by a lot of people, can make this a really great nation.

in a few minutes, we are going to vote on Marvin Quattlebaum to be a circuit judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit in Richmond, VA. He is a South Carolina native and a district court judge in South Carolina. I have known Marvin for well…

Well did Trump ask that question? He must have mentioned that about 20 times. So I told the President, I know you don't like it. I know you feel put upon. You just got to ride it out.

today the Senate voted 87 to 10 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act named for John S. McCain, Senator McCain. I want to do two things. I want to tell you a little bit about what is in the bill and a little bit about John S…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 6042) was…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6042 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session for a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I wish to make a few comments about the topic in the news today and yesterday and, hopefully, will result in some action by Congress; that is, the threats we face as a Nation regarding our electoral system. First I would like to recognize…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 18; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of our Democratic colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I rise today to speak about a problem that is growing and needs to be confronted or we will regret our decision to lay down in the face of Russian aggression and Syrian aggression inside of Syria. As you well know, we have been trying to…

If you don't want to be in endless wars, if you want to have more tools than just dropping bombs, it's essential we have a robust foreign assistance account.

Very briefly, do you see any backsliding on China's part when it comes to sanctions against North Korea?

If North Korea is watching the hearing, and I hope you are, take the deal. It would be good for you. It would be good for everybody.

But I just don't see how the State Department can operate if the security environment doesn't exist, and if we withdraw too soon, it will fall apart, and that's just the way the world is.