This is not what we expect the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to do. We expect them to try to protect the environment.

Mr. Pruitt is wasting taxpayer dollars. He's wasting money that a process took place, eight hearings, lots of scientific review, that basically said, why I consider something that you know is too dangerous.

I'm amazed. I found out from your story that they actually had an agreement, the minute he walked out of his office.

The taxpayers of America demand that we have somebody in the federal agency that is supposed to protect the environment, to be a fair process.

It's appalling. And I can tell you that there are fisherman all up and down the west coast, from Alaska all the way to California, who count on these fisheries for their jobs.

I think the administration is taking the attitude that there will be winners and losers, and that is not the attitude that we in Washington want to see.

We do want a functioning bank, and we do think it is important to have them functioning at all levels of the financing that they can provide.

I am very convinced that these three gentlemen represent a huge opportunity for the United States of America.

I think I would like to continue with my colleague's discussion on ag.

Well, I feel like if I cannot convince a guy who had a TV show called The Apprentice to be for apprenticeships, then I do not know what I can convince him of.

I come to the floor today to speak about the vote we will have at 5:30 p.m., but I want to give my condolences to those who have been impacted by the horrific shooting in Las Vegas and to the families and the victims of this horrible…

I hope we make the right decisions here.

I hope that today with the President's visit he will make a full declaration of emergency for the entire island.

I rise to strongly oppose the nomination of Ajit Pai to serve a second term as Chairman of the FCC. Since taking over the FCC leadership in January, Chairman Pai wasted no time moving the agency away from its key mission to promote the use…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nomination of Ajit Pai

The bill lays out what I believe is a strong framework for TSA to continue modernization and technology procedures.

The TSA Modernization Act would give airports the ability to train and deploy canine teams.

I was also glad for the opportunity to discuss the TSA Modernization bill, which was just introduced.

Thank you for having this important hearing about improving security in the aviation system.

I appreciate the Senator's comments, and as Ranking Member on the Oversight Committee of Interior, I can just tell you how critically important it is that we use every resource that we have to help Puerto Rico right now.

So we need our military to be there to help clean those roads, to get them unblocked, to get people to be able to deliver the products that are arriving.

I, too, want to start with mentioning the crisis in Puerto Rico and how much we need to continue to be vigilant on the help and assistance in Puerto Rico.

Well, Graham-Cassidy actually rolls that back. So it disincents it.

In general, States would not have substantially additional flexibility under the per-capita cap.

If you cut the innovation out in Graham-Cassidy that already exists for State flexibility, then you are going to put us even further behind in achieving some of these savings.