Bill Lee

It is really robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That is very undemocratic.

Now, of course, we know Russia took sides in the Presidential elections here in America. That is a documented fact. And their candidate, Donald Trump, won. That is a fact.

It is well documented that Russia, for example, tried to influence and turn African American groups against each other through their interference in our elections.

I believe, a waste of taxpayer money.

I would suggest that if these recommendations have been made and if they haven't been embraced by the highest level of our government as it relates to our own efforts to stop the disinformation, then we are complicit in this.

Mr. Secretary, I think, because of what you just said, we are making progress, why would we pull back now and reduce our contribution to PEPFAR and the Global Fund, when in fact the American people want us to succeed, and every report that…

I have long had concerns over the effectiveness of some of the programs run by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and Radio and TV Marti, which serves, quite frankly, no useful purpose. It is a…

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

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

under Trump the policies have turned us back.

Given these cuts, it is difficult to believe that the administration's Africa strategy is sound.

Now, let me ask you about industrial hemp. Because in the farm bill, we have legalized the production of industrial hemp.

with this type of a cut, we haven't seen any plan that would show that we are going to make sure that new infections don't emerge and that we are able to get this epidemic under control.

Of course I have been concerned about the Trump administration's cuts to UNFPA and the impacts that these cuts have on the health and wellbeing of women and girls around the world.

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…

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 ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To limit the extension or establishment of national…

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…

a little over a month ago, I stood before this body to object to the massive public lands package that it was poised to pass. This bill, some 680 pages long, was released at 10 a.m. that morning--that very morning when they first wanted us…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 47

the Land and Conservation Fund was enacted for a laudable goal; that is, to promote recreational opportunities on our Federal public lands. But in recent decades, the program has regrettably drifted far from its original intent and has…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the authorization period of the Land and Water Conservation…