Bill Lee

Taxpayers deserve better. And at some point... we have to know if taxpayers are getting a bang for their buck.

these cuts are going to create more instability. And, in fact, China is going to fill in the void.

the rest of the world is looking to us to lead. They won't step up unless we step up.

I am concerned that your agency, through this budget and its policies, really are trying to make it explode by some of these cuts.

We need to know which organizations received that $70 million.

I would like to know if you have looked at quantifying the costs associated with processing licensed applications and make some determinations about those resources, and could they be better applied towards trafficking terrorists or…

I see once again, and I just have to say this, Mr. Secretary, I see what Steve Bannon meant when he talked about deconstructing the administrative state.

we can't do this with a $470 million cut to PEPFAR and a $225 million cut to the Global Fund, and eliminating the bilateral HIV/AIDS funding at USAID, we just can't do that.

Our efforts to, quote, 'promote democracy' abroad do not end up undermining our goals and objectives.

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land.

If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately.

This administration is turning its back on soft power diplomacy and humanitarian aid while increasing the military presence and overall militarization of U.S. foreign policy, especially on the continent of Africa.

First, let me thank Mr. Visclosky for yielding. I also thank him for his tremendous leadership as our ranking member, and giving us all an opportunity to really voice our opinions and put our points of view forward in a very fair way. I…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I am truly saddened that I must address what I fear is a growing threat to our Republic--the silencing of political debate by totalitarian mob violence on college campuses. I was not in Burlington, VT, last Thursday to witness what…

I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 68. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I know of no further debate on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 68) was agreed to.

I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 82, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:16 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I am proud to stand today and support Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency. I can think of no one who is better suited or more fully qualified to lead this Agency and to advance within it the…

First of all, I include in the Record the names of the men and women who died in World War II while posted in Normandy, specifically the African-American men and women whom I will speak about. Names of African American Men Buried at…

Every year when we celebrate and reflect on Black History Month, we learn the stories of some of America's greatest scientists, actors, writers, entertainers, scholars, workers, and ordinary people who made major contributions to this…

Let me thank Congresswoman DeGette for her tireless leadership in fighting for women's health, for healthy families in general, and for our children. I rise in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 43. It is no surprise that, once again…