I will-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas has the floor.

I want to start my remarks this afternoon by saying congratulations to our friend Senator Richard Shelby, Alabama's longest serving U.S. Senator as of this Sunday. Here in Washington, we know him as chairman of the all-powerful Senate…

despite what you hear inside the beltway, the challenges along our southwest border are real, and the people of Texas feel that impact every day along the 1,200-mile common border we have with Mexico. Last week, for example, the Border…

as strange as it seems, socialism is having a bit of a resurgence here in the Nation's Capital these days. Why, you might ask, has this failed economic theory that is so destructive of individual freedom captured the attention of some of…

I have 7 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

maybe the fastest way to put people to sleep is to give a speech on cloture here in the Senate, but I hope that is not the case, because, as my colleague from Iowa just pointed out, this is an abuse of the Senate rules to do nothing but to…

As Texans, we share a natural bond in trying to find a solution to a long-standing problem with federal transportation funding: the inequity that Texas continues to endure by receiving less than its fair share of federal transportation…

if there is any bargaining away of our national security to get this agreement, it would be with great harm to our country.

yesterday evening the Senate had an opportunity to go on record and show our constituents that we supported the most vulnerable among us. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require doctors to treat a baby, once it is…

late last night, we received the text of the appropriations agreement to fund the remaining portions of the government through the end of this fiscal year, which is through the end of September. We were successful in doing something that…

on Monday, I was in El Paso, TX, to talk with some of my constituents about the challenges that exist along our southwest border and how we can work together to address them. It is almost surreal to have people here in Washington, DC, who…

this Friday is our deadline to fund 25 percent of the Federal Government, which remains unfunded as a result of the short-term continuing resolution that was passed to keep it open until February 15, pending negotiations to deal with…