I come to the floor today to speak on the issue that has consumed more of my time and energy during my time in the Senate than any other, and that is the state of our Nation's finances. As a member of the Budget Committee and the Finance…

I thank the Senator from Colorado. During his time in the Senate, he has been an advocate for stronger, more diligent policies with the rogue State of North Korea, and I appreciate very much his comments this morning. (The remarks of Mr…

I think it has probably been discussed at some length that if we go to a sanctions on any banking institution that does business with North Korea, you potentially go into a realm of mutually assured destructions.

I will want to appreciate all your testimony.

making sure that child--making sure Caleb--goes to school healthy and prepared is going to make him a better student.

It is a critically important program.

CHIP is vital to the health of our children and therefore our Nation and it works.

Our CHIP program back in the early 2000s was, frankly, a dreadful disaster.

Would you keep that as an optional basis on reauthorization?

We went from one of the bottom of the barrel programs to where we signed up 98 percent of our eligible children.

Talk to me a little bit about the importance of outreach, and particularly rural outreach, since there are so many communities.

I hope it gives you a little more faith that we can get our act together and get this done in a timely way.

I want to welcome all my colleagues back to the Capitol. Obviously, we have a busy time in front of us. I would appreciate a moment of personal privilege to thank my colleagues--including the Senator from Colorado--who reached out to me in…

We've been in touch with a number of government officials, including Senator Warner who are looking into the 2016 U.S. presidential election. We will continue to cooperate with officials as their investigations continue.

Facebook, which basically denied any responsibility around our elections, by the time the French elections took place this spring, they actually took down 30,000 fake sites.

I would like to look into the activities of the Trump digital campaign.

for several years now I have regularly come to this floor to publicly acknowledge the contributions made by our great Federal employees. This is a tradition I inherited from one of our former colleagues, Senator Ted Kaufman of Delaware…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 222 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

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 intend to offer the following motions to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

first of all, I thank my friend, the Senator from Massachusetts, for her comments today and for her relentless willingness to take on this fight and so many other fights that are so important to our country. I come to join her call to…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628 and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Stabenow, Baldwin, Kaine, Coons, King, Carper, Nelson, and Peters. There being no…

Absolutely, Kushner must appear again.

whistleblowers perform a valuable service to the agency and to the public

I just want to reiterate, should you be confirmed, that we would want your cooperation as this Committee continues to pursue all activities related to Russia's 2016 intervention in our presidential elections.