I simply say to the Senator from Alaska, in my having had the honor of serving here with both her father and with the former chair of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Stevens, that I hear her saying things that are very similar to…

I totally agree with both the Senator from Alabama and the Senator from Maine. First, as they said, this violates the bipartisan agreement this body made and agreed with the President about the things we would do. Seventy-three thousand…

I am pleased to join my friend, the senior Senator from Alabama, Chairman Shelby, as we prepare to debate the second set of appropriations bills to reach the Senate floor this session. Senator Shelby has noted that this is a change in…

I don't know whether there are others seeking the floor. I was going to suggest the absence of a quorum, but I see the distinguished senior Senator from Minnesota, and I yield to her. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.

I appreciate what the distinguished senior Senator from Illinois just said. I will speak about the same amendment. We will be offering this amendment. It does provide $250 million for State election security grants. It provides it to…

I ask unanimous consent that Bob Ross, a detailee from the Department of Agriculture; Ramsay Eyre, an intern at the Appropriations Committee; and Olivia Harris, an intern in my personal office, be granted floor privileges for the length of…

as we all know, in this country, in 2016, the Russian Government weighed a covert, multifaceted criminal campaign to interfere in our elections. We now know it was intended to help then-Candidate Donald Trump win the Presidency. We don't…

as vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I want to draw the Senate's attention to the plight of civil society leaders in Niger, where political and civil rights have been deteriorating over the last several years. This disturbing…

today the Senate is considering one of the most troubling executive branch nominations that this President has made to date--the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to lead the Criminal Division of the Justice Department. For years, I have…

I have been a member of the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee since I was first elected to the Senate. The work that committee has done throughout my tenure in the Senate has proven that a bipartisan, reasonable process is not…

today, I am joining with Senator Murray in introducing the Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018. This legislation, if enacted, will establish critical privacy protections for Americans by limiting the unjustifiably wide…

I hate to think what happens if these refugees have to go somewhere else.

And we have not thrown Chinese foreign diplomats out of the United States as we did Cubans for virtually the same kind of attack.

I don't dispute that, Mr. Secretary, but the Iranians have rejected the conditions. So what do we do?

The President's fiscal year 2019 request compared to the fiscal year 2018 enacted level is global health would be cut by 23 percent, humanitarian aid would be cut by 17 percent, and security assistance would be cut by 19 percent.

I support that decision.

We have to lead by example. We have to stand up for our values and our principles.

This budget amounts to a tiny fraction of the Federal budget.

We live in a rapidly changing, dangerous world.

Our goal was to enable the United States to remain the global leader that so many Americans and people around the world want us to be.

I appreciate you saying you will support it.

Well, is Mr. Netanyahu right that Iran is only weeks away from building a nuclear weapon?

Would you be horribly upset if we did as we did in the last budget to restore the cuts?

The other approach is to be a leader, one that is still the world's only superpower.

Thank you very much. I want to ask about the health incidents involving U.S. personnel in Cuba and China.