I come to the floor today to express my strong support for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Few individuals over the last century have impacted the American legal discourse…

I want to thank the Huntington Corps for that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Well, one good thing about that particular site, too, is there are some contractors in and around that site where it has been cleaned, so that there is some economic activity in the local area; it is not just sitting there without any kind…

I agree with Senator Baldwin. This has been an excellent hearing.

I believe that a retrained coal miner can really move into the aerospace industry quite seamlessly.

We need to increase that, because that's where I think the viability and the ability to raise your families is.

we want to make sure that with this Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act that we move forward to streamlining the approval to incenting new innovative technologies.

we have made it stronger and I think more viable as we move to hopefully moving this legislation to the floor in the 115th Congress.

The topic is, I think, very timely and very important because of the promise that STEM education holds, not just for a stronger economy and job opportunities, but for the health and wellbeing of those, our neighbors in all of our States.

I think mandatory for all of them ought to be the movie, Hidden Figures, and I think that would inspire any young lady in this day and age.

This committee stepped up last year by providing $19 million in last year's Omnibus Bill to help displaced coal workers with job training and development.

What a wonderful tool for emergency services to have in their toolbox to be able to meet these challenges within hours.

A special thanks for Senator Capito for reaching out to me about speaking today and to Senator Manchin.

I would like to talk about an issue that I've gotten involved in, and that's removing drivers from the roads who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank the Ranking Member as well.

I appreciate your digital empowerment agenda.

I would like to just make a comment that I think is important, too, in this area, is we've heard a lot about the states having different regulatory issues, not just in broadband, but in transportation and everything.

I am here to address an issue that I think is of great importance to this country and to this administration; that is, the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be the new EPA Administrator. We are nearly 8 years removed now from what we…

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the…

The screening that occurs in those small airports can be exceedingly important when we saw what happened.

Thank you to our State's junior Senator, Shelley Moore Capito, for her assistance in improving West Virginia's rural water infrastructure.

I think the intention of WIFIA is to use those as a jumping point; not intending to decrease their value or decrease their amounts but to use them as a leverage point.

I am here to speak in support of the Congressional Review Act on the stream protection rule. I want to say to those who participated in the last election--where part of the discussion was the Federal Government knows all and needs to be in…

80 percent of life is showing up. They are living on 20 percent of life right now.