I rise to urge my colleagues to support my bipartisan amendment with my colleague Senator Susan Collins. It would spur innovation in the dairy business. This amendment would do three simple things. It would foster the development of…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 2\1/2\ minutes on this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have introduced a measure called the PARTNERS Act, which I hope as this Committee works moving forward to expand apprenticeships, that we can discuss.

I want to hear your reaction to high-profile disruptions like that of CSX last year.

Businesses in Wisconsin rely on a freight rail system that works for everyone, and that means reasonable rates and service.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I rise today to join my colleagues because this week marks the 1-year anniversary of Senator McCain's casting the deciding vote against the healthcare repeal legislation. I, too, voted against that legislation, as I did on a number of very…

I look forward to your testimony, and I hope you will take the opportunity to address those concerns.

it's troubling to me that this proposal was ever presented to the Department, because it threatens to undermine the Blue Economy.

I noted earlier that these lakes provide drinking water for 35 million people.

The Decadal Ocean Vision document that I also entered into the record identifies goals to advance U.S. ocean science over the next 10 years.

the term 'Blue Economy' is probably not used very often at Wisconsin dinner tables, but what the term represents is integral to the economies of the eight Great Lakes states