Patrick Leahy: “I make that as part of the agreement. Mr. McCONNELL. After which we would move to the Coburn-Boxer amendment?”

I spoke on this matter earlier this week, and I still agree with the Senator from Florida that we have a responsibility to help Americans in the wake of disasters. It does not matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat, or if you are…

I have spent more than 30 years working to build closer relations with Vietnam, a country where 58,220 Americans and an estimated 3 million Vietnamese died in a war that never should have been fought. In 1975, as the newest member of the…

reserving the right to object, and I will, but let me explain why. The bill offered by my colleague on the other side of the aisle is shortsighted and premature. We have been working on this omnibus for months. I would have been happy to…

I understand the floor vote is going to be soon. I ask unanimous consent that it be after I finish my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.