I have 5 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

President Trump has been in office for just a little over 6 months. We had an election. The American people said they preferred the Republican vision for the direction this country should go, but it just seems today the Democrats in the…

It is unfortunate that members of this Committee, the authorizing body for GSA on this project, had to learn of this sudden decision in the press.

It is clear from today's testimony that the FBI does need a new headquarters; that fixing up the Hoover Building with a $100 million backlog of maintenance needs makes little sense.

It should come as no surprise that our country is at least 50 percent import dependent for 50 minerals and 100 percent import dependent for 20 minerals.

These sections put the species management back where they have always belonged, in the hands of the States.

I strongly oppose the Carper Amendment.

S. 1230, the Water Rights Protection Act, seeks to protect Western communities, farmers, ranchers, and people who rely on privately held water rights for their livelihood from blatant federal overreach.

The Historic Routes Preservation Act would end this inefficient, unfair, and wasteful system by giving local governments a well-defined administrative process.

This bill is necessary to stop federal intrusions into long-established state water authority and to protect private water rights.

Thank you so very much, Senator Gillibrand.

It is a good bill, it is a bipartisan bill, and it is a bill that is very much needed.

Well, I want to thank all of you today. Members may submit follow up written questions which may happen for the record.

I think we have tried to reflect that with the green, which, at the bottom, if you could maybe hold this up a little bit, where we say potential habitat.

this bill is another example of how we can work together, both Democrat and Republican, to help protect the environment and grow the economy.

I come to the floor today to talk about what I saw happen over the Fourth of July in Wyoming while visiting with people, visiting with patients, doctors, and nurses. What I am seeing is that the pain of ObamaCare continues to worsen. The…

I agree we have had an outstanding panel. They have done a great job in answering our questions.

People are dying here as a result of the care they are not receiving, or the care they are receiving.

I ask unanimous consent that with respect to the Rao nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

reserving my right to object, before coming to the Senate, I practiced medicine in Wyoming for over 20 years. That is why I am passionate about improving the quality of care and lowering the cost of healthcare. Unfortunately, we know…

reserving the right to object, I just had an opportunity to read the legislation of the Senator from New Hampshire. It appears that the legislation was just filed today. Instead of giving the American people time to read the bill, the…

I come to the floor today as the pain of ObamaCare around the country continues to worsen. Healthcare prices continue to rise. ObamaCare is collapsing, basically, more and more every day. People in every State of this Union have seen their…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 65, nays 35, as…

I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired and the question occurs on the Billingslea nomination. The question is, Will the Senate advise and…