Bill Lee

So this waiver is going to hurt people who are looking for jobs, and the jobs just aren't available because of the budget cuts in workforce training and all of the other areas and programs that we need to make sure that we do provide for…

Three-quarters of a million people would lose their SNAP benefits simply because they can't find work through no fault of their own.

It's no secret that some of us believe that this $220 billion cut in SNAP benefits is cruel.

It has been going on a long time and a lot of people are waiting for this.

So when the Air Force considers whether to move F-22 training out of Tyndall and it also considers basing F-35 units there, I sure hope that climate change is figuring into your calculus.

But I am disturbed, troubled, dismayed, I don't know what word to use, when Secretary of State Pompeo said he wouldn't rank climate change as a top national security threat.

I call up my amendment No. 187 to amendment No. 112. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Boozman). The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee], for himself and others, proposes an amendment numbered…

But given at least 150 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse, why can't we at least cut the budget by 150 billion?

Shouldn't they be given some kind of reparations and compensation or assistance to get through these difficult times?

Shouldn't we try to let in no uncertain terms these institutions know that this is racist, it is discriminatory

Let me follow up on the issue as it relates to African American students, because we know that they are more likely to attend a for-profit college than White students.

The 90-10 rule bars for-profit colleges from receiving more than 90 percent of their revenues from student loans and grants.

With so many minority students being affected by this lack of accountability and transparency and rip-offs, I mean, come on.

FSA does have the authority to take action in instances of noncompliance and that they should make more use of the authority that they have to hold the servicers accountable.

Would you get back to us and find out why there are no minority-owned servicers, given the fact that African-American and Latino students are 75, 80 percent of the borrowers?

This is taxpayer money. I mean, come on. I had a business for 11 years, and if I didn't comply with my requirements, I would get penalized.

This lack of transparency and accountability is really unacceptable.

In my own district, for example, I hear from constituents every day about the effects of gun violence.

Gun violence disproportionately impacts communities of color, people of color.

This is really something that it is another stain on this country.

This is a violation of children's human rights. It is child abuse, it is kidnapping, and it is downright morally wrong.

This is the most despicable policy this administration and any administration that I have seen in a long time.

I offer up a counteroffer. I am fine with the other two EEOC Commissioners. If that is what we are worried about--the ability of the EEOC to do its business--fine. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc…

In no way, shape, or form am I making the argument that we cannot help anyone until we help everyone. That is a mischaracterization of the argument I am making. I am arguing that if, among and between these 233 categories, we can make no…

No, it was not. At the time it was written, it was somewhat novel; it was somewhat new. Since then, it has become a widely adopted view--a view adopted by people across the political spectrum, regardless of their political ideology. I…