Back to the Made in America Shipbuilding Act, it would not only help strengthen our national security but I think it also makes a strong economic argument for government by lowering life cycle costs.

there is one standard we should all apply to any nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court--honesty. While some have chosen not to apply that standard to Judge Kavanaugh, I must. At the very least, we should expect a nominee for our highest Court…

today I wish to recognize a solemn occasion, the 147th anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin. On October 8, 1871, Wisconsin's 10th largest city at the time was completely destroyed in what is still the largest fire in U.S…

America's rural consumers can't afford to wait.

These reporting requirements are unnecessary in their circumstances and very burdensome.

Current USF funding shortfalls are preventing new broadband deployments and driving up prices for our rural customers.

I expressed my concern that we rely too much on the industry alone to tell us where the service exists.

This shouldn't be happening in the United States of America in the year 2018.

I suggested that there are a lot of Federal agencies that operate in rural parts of my state every day.

I think there's a broad agreement that the same data privacy standards should apply to a range of actors in this sector.

I would associate myself with the comments of other Senators that we hear some additional perspectives in future hearings on data privacy.

we believe any future framework should likewise empower the consumer to really have an affirmative choice about how their data is used.