Reserving the right to object, I have a parliamentary inquiry. Is one of the acts in this overall bill entitled the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. I know that was a…

I believe I have the floor. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, if I may, I think we have explained this to everybody over and over again. Let me try again. The Roberts amendment that I will offer is a complete--a complete-- substitute for the…

I rise to raise a point of order against this legislation and make a point of order that the pending motion to concur violates section 425(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

I rise in very strong opposition to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, the so- called PROMESA Act. This is a terrible piece of legislation, setting horrific precedent, and it must not be passed. The United…

So it means, or it certainly could mean, the closing down of schools, nutrition programs, and health care in order to fund-- and I cannot for the life of me understand how a seven-member committee can spend $370 million, but this will be…

Let me add another point to that very discussion, which I have a hard time understanding and maybe my friend from New Jersey can educate me on this. As I understand, in this bill, there is a requirement that Puerto Rico, a territory that…

I ask my friend from New Jersey--there is a very strong difference of opinion in the Senate and in the House about economic issues. Many of our Republican friends think trickle-down economics-- giving tax breaks to the wealthy, cutting…

I have a question. It is a long question, but I certainly want my friend from New Jersey to respond to that question. I ask my colleague from New Jersey, is this legislation smacking of the worst form of colonialism, in the sense that it…

I am. Let me ask the Senator from New Jersey, a significant part of Puerto Rico's $70 billion debt has been acquired in recent years by vulture funds. These are folks who purchase bonds for as little as 29 cents on the dollar and who get…

I supported the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) because it continues the civil rights mission of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to ensure all students have access to a high-quality education.

As we move away from the broken No Child Left Behind Act it is essential that in implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act that we do not repeat the same test and punish approach.

It is of the utmost importance that implementation of ESSA reflect congressional intent and the public desire to break away from the overly prescriptive, one-size-fits-all NCLB.

I thank Mr. Enzi and join him in commending Mr. Weiner for his many years of dedicated and outstanding service to CBO, the Congress, and the American people. Through his diligence and hard work, he has more than earned additional time for…

we need to dramatically increase Federal funding for child care and early learning programs like those provided through CCDBG.

Today, in America, that is simply not the case. Forty percent of all families lack a regular child care arrangement.

Our Nation needs a revolution in child care and early learning.

It should be a guarantee that our Nation provides a high-quality continuum of care and learning from infancy to Kindergarten entry and beyond.

Needless to say, I am going to do everything in my power and I will work as hard as I can to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States.

I do think that coming out of the convention, whoever is the nominee, that we are going to have a purpose that unites us. And that is to defeat Donald Trump.

Let's assess where we are after tomorrow before we make statements base on speculation.

If I win tomorrow in California, if we do very well, and I don't know that we will. We may. If we do well in other states, if there are super delegates out there who say, you know what, looking at the objective evidence of polling, looking…

We must invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration.

Donald Trump is toast.

Well of course it will be. But everything that's what democracy is about.