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.

it is with a mixture of pride and sadness that I recognize the life of a friend, Francis ``Fran'' Voigt, the cofounder of the New England Culinary Institute of Montpelier, VT. Fran passed away in May, leaving a strong legacy and many…

I do not see anybody seeking recognition. I suggest the absence of a quorum, with the time equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moran). Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant…

I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from Hawaii. I have enjoyed working with both of them because look where we are. This is somewhere we have not been for a number of years. It is where we used to…

I was simply going to add to what the Senator from Tennessee was saying. Senator Shelby and I have tried to keep things that are inappropriate out of the appropriations bill so that we may actually pass some appropriations bills. So I will…

I have been in the Senate long enough to think that maybe the Senate can start to go back to being the Senate. A Senate that votes on things and debates things and reflects the will of the people--not what is dictated from the White House…

I appreciate the comments from my friend, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. As many know, Chairman Shelby and I have been friends for decades. We have traveled to different parts of the world and tried to promote the U.S…

today the Senate will approve its version of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act. It is right and fitting to name this bill after the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who has for years been a stalwart…

for those of us who read history, we know that throughout history, including at times in our own country many years ago, the forcible separation of families was used as an instrument of terror. I struggle to imagine a more damaging and…

what is the parliamentary situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending question is the Axon nomination postcloture.

I see nobody else seeking the floor. I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Will your commission look at the role of fire arms as it relates to gun violence in our schools?

Well, you are studying things like how much time they spend on video games and all that, but you can go to a lot of other countries where they spend just as much time but have only a tiny fraction of the shootings that we do.

I understand there is a lot. But I am also thinking the chairman has difficulties.

I regret that we are discussing a budget proposal that does not support all students seeking to learn in our education system.

I want to take a moment to pay tribute to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who some here also know from his service as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as Jordan's…

I want to speak about a subject that other Senators should be aware of. Many Members of Congress have visited the Philippines, a country with which we share a long history of strategic, economic, cultural, and other interests. We also know…

many of us here are familiar with the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, known as CICIG. The U.S. Congress and Republican and Democratic administrations have supported it for years, and with few exceptions, it is…

Are you concerned that by pulling $1 billion in after-school funding the Department of Education would be complicating recovery for many families who depend on safe and educational care for their children in order to hold down a job or…

So we will look at gun violence in schools but not look at guns. It is an interesting concept.

Do you believe an 18-year-old high school student should be able to walk into a store and minutes later come out with an AR-15 style assault weapon and hundreds of rounds of ammunition?

right now, in a small town in West Virginia 90 miles outside of our Nation's capital, dedicated employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are diligently searching through millions of firearms sales records…

as vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I want to associate myself with Chairman Shelby's remarks. Since the inception of the Choice Program in 2014, it has been riddled with delays, programmatic problems, and fiscal instability…

You cannot one day threaten billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese products and then pull back on it the next day.

But your budget strains the IRS's already limited resources. It does not make it look like you are on the side of hardworking middle class Vermonters and Americans.