I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Colorado.

I rise today to speak about bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen our Nation's nuclear energy capacity. It is called the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. I am a strong supporter of American nuclear energy. It is a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered. Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act

Infrastructure is critical to our Nation's prosperity.

I want to thank you for what you did to be able to get that pilot organized.

I included that language in the Water Resources Development Act the Committee enacted last Congress.

Do you believe that the Corps should have the good sense to step in to address situations like this?

President Trump has made improving our Nation's infrastructure a top priority, and this Committee is continuing its effort to highlight our Nation's infrastructure needs.

The only reason that we should not be able to do something is because of the lack of funding.

I want to thank all of our guests for being here.

This Committee has a long history of working together in a bipartisan way on infrastructure issues.

Dams and levees across the Country need to be modernized and maintained if we are to prevent future disasters.

I think we could solve this problem.

I think people looked at that and said, wow.

I look forward to continuing working with you on this, as we discussed in the meeting in your office, the critical need for this additional work.

We have to get some innovation to figure out how can we somehow use technology to be able to mitigate some of this risk.

Senator Barrasso talked about the value of making sure we are making the taxpayers' dollars go a little bit further.

since Inauguration Day, the Senate has been slow making its way through confirming Cabinet Secretaries. Democrats, it seems, have used just about every trick in the book to try to slow down the process. There are Democrats in the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

for the past 8 years, the Environmental Protection Agency, through its regulatory rampage, has hurt a lot of people in my home State of Wyoming and all across the country. The EPA's overreaching regulations have stunted job growth, hurt…

over the past weeks, we have seen Democrats continue to use one delaying tactic after another on the floor of the Senate. They have tried to slow down the confirmation of many of the administration's most important nominees. We have seen…

responding to the Senator from Minnesota, I think he may be referring to a part where I say: The delays by Democrats have never actually been about Mr. Pruitt's answers to questions or about his qualifications. These delays, I say, are all…

I rise today to speak about the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Scott Pruitt is the right person to run the Agency, and we need to confirm him. Over the past 8…

this is a very highly politicized situation. It is not my intention in any way to impugn any of the motives of any of the Members of this body. I yield back my time. Regular order.

At the end of my remarks, I will yield for a question. So I say to you, as I come here to the floor, I chaired the Environment and Public Works Committee on Scott Pruitt's nomination. I listened to 6\1/2\ hours of testimony. I listened to…