it has been just over 2 years since the Senate voted down legislation that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act. If we had voted down the Affordable Care Act, that would have also erased the protections for Americans with…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). Without objection, it is so ordered. S.J. Res. 52

I am going to speak on another matter in just a moment, but I want to thank my friend the Senator from Louisiana. There are a number of subjects that are debated on this floor that I may know a little bit about, may not know much at all…

I ask unanimous consent that Craig Radcliffe, counsel on my staff, be permitted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

first of all, I have done this a number of times. I know you care. I know my colleague from Pennsylvania cares, but nobody has kept this issue alive more often and more consistently than Joe Manchin from West Virginia. I am only going to…

I know of no further debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the motion? The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

I will turn to a different matter. I move to proceed to Calendar No. 278, S.J. Res. 52. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 278…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Yount). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I will not belabor the point. I know my friend from Connecticut is here to raise another issue. I don't agree with the analysis of the Senator from Kentucky. I hope he proves to be right. I would agree with him; sometimes our notion that…

I disagree with my friend from Kentucky about what may or may not happen. I believe that one thing we agree with him on is that we have not often had well-organized plans in the Middle East. The unique thing about our alliance with the…

it has been 2\1/2\ weeks since the President announced he was abruptly withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria--betraying our Kurdish allies and derailing the international fight against ISIS in Syria. In the course of one tweet, this President…

I am here today because protections for Americans with preexisting medical conditions are under attack from this administration. For the last 3 years, this President has used every tool at his disposal to try to undermine the ACA. He tried…

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

I would allow my colleague to speak on this item. I say to my colleague from Tennessee, and others, that if there are ways to improve this legislation, let's have at it. But the notion that we are going into a Presidential election in…

I am here today because, unfortunately, our elections still remain vulnerable to foreign election interference. Earlier this month, the Senate Intelligence Committee, which I am proud to serve on, released its report on Russia's use of…

recently our colleagues in the House passed this important legislation on a bipartisan basis. Now it is time for the Senate to do the same. Let's pass the FUTURE Act without further delay and then work together on a comprehensive…

I am coming to the floor to speak on a different subject, but I do want to acknowledge that this is an issue I follow as well. I actually cosponsored Senator Lee's bill. I do hope what my friend from Illinois proposed, in terms of a…

I am here today because our elections are still not secured against the threat of foreign interference. After 3 years of our intelligence community, our congressional committees, and some of our closest allies sounding the alarm about…

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

first of all, I want to thank my friend, the Senator from Minnesota, Ms. Klobuchar, for her leadership and passion on this issue. This shouldn't be that hard. I know we addressed some of the legislation she has talked about, and also…

I was unavoidably absent on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for rollcall votes 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, and 251 due to a commitment in Williamsburg, VA, related to the events surrounding the 400th commemorative session of…

in a moment, I will ask unanimous consent for the Senate to take up and pass legislation I have introduced to help protect our democracy from foreign interference. Earlier today, Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified that the Russian…

Absolutely. Again, going back to the stormwater storage aspect, the wetlands aspect, and the floodplain issue, we believe that if those processes had been followed, more mitigation would have occurred to offset the increases in surface…

It is going into the Wisconsin floodplain and then the Illinois floodplain.

the rainfall amounts and intensities of the storms are increasing, and it is a trend.