I believe these issues are caused by the flawed design of the USPS network, which all but guarantees that mail traveling across or to South Dakota must travel in a circuitous manner through locations around and outside of the state.

The fear is, is if you regulate it, you slow it down. If you don't regulate it, you have people that could get hurt.

They want to utilize it as a starting point.

it is not our peace plan.

No. Not on its current form.

I think there's a lot of us that really think the Senate was designed in the first place to find a long term, stable solution to problems, so we'll listen to what the president has to say.

But all it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.

Threatening to be able to cause chaos on Wall Street would be something that they would love to do.

The departure of General Haugh is a loss for our nation but will be a tremendous gain for any private or public entity where he decides to lend his expertise and leadership.

Those are areas that they would love to [access] just so that when the time comes, in my opinion, they can look at it and simply say, 'We know where you're at. Don't mess with us. We're capable of causing real problems for you long term.'

All it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.

We do not have enough of these types of leaders, and a loss of any one of them without strong justification is disappointing.

Because it gives our Democrat colleagues a reason not to work with us and to protest the bipartisan approach that we’ve taken on appropriations.

I think that they should be extended. I think there’s plans in place right now to try to extend them.

In order for me to support this legislation, we had to find a way to continue support for these radio stations which offer potentially life saving information in some of the most rural parts of our nation.

It really is best for the economic conditions in our country that the markets understand that the Fed really is independent.

It will keep them in operation. It will be for one year at a time.

I will now vote to support President Trump’s rescissions package to clawback $9.4 billion in federal spending.

This is a direct agreement with OMB that they would transfer the funds over to the Department of the Interior.

If you do appropriations in the Senate, you have 60 votes to support it. If you do rescissions, you can take it back with 50, which then makes it tougher to get a bipartisan agreement on an appropriations package.

We are aware of the sensitivities of using a rescissions package versus the appropriations process.

There’s been a facade out there about the entire program actually paying for itself.

We can negotiate about a lot of other things, except for spectrum, which has got to come out.

This is not just a missed opportunity. It undermines our ability to meet national security goals tied to mineral independence and supply chain resilience.

I ask unanimous consent to waive the mandatory quorum calls with respect to the Sauer and Dhillon nominations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.