If we have something we want to happen, why do we say 'but you can only do it so much and then we want nothing to happen?'

There are solutions out there, but we are not doing much for them.

I agree with you and hope that we can get the storage of energy solved.

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for June 2016. The report compares current law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, the…

I appreciate having this opportunity to share some news with the Senate about a very important anniversary we are celebrating in my home State. This is the year the Triangle X Ranch, one of our State's great attractions, is marking its…

section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional…

I would like to get into the numbers on something that folks in Wyoming are having to deal with. The number I would like to highlight is one. As an accountant, I am sure you thought I was going to get much more complicated, but it is…

I want the Presiding Officer and my colleagues and the people of America to know what is keeping me awake nights. It is actually thoughts of my grandkids and their future that keep me awake nights. I see a bleak future for them because of…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Our National Debt

I have a fondness for the Senator from Florida, as well, and recognize that he is further south and that they, perhaps, have more mosquitoes than we do, although even Alaska would have a competition with that. But we did pass emergency…

reserving the right to object, this was debated extensively and considerably for more than 1 hour, equally divided, just last week, and was resolved by a vote in this body. I don't think there is anyone in this body who isn't worried about…

I thank Senator McCain for his tremendous effort on behalf of veterans and the different approaches he has used. I don't think anybody has worked harder on it or understands it better. I wish there were more we could do for veterans and…

I'm hearing from my State that the proposed action by the Department of Education would cause the forced transfer of public school teachers across our county and maybe even the State.

I understand the forced transfer of teachers sounds OK to individuals in this administration that don't understand States like Wyoming or Wisconsin.

the actions of the U.S. Department of Education that they've taken over the last few months on a number of issues is of grave concern to me and the people that I represent.

Wyoming doesn't need the Federal Government telling it how to provide equalized education for all students.

It's important that we implement it as it was written, and we're in charge of presiding over that.

I think the policy we were able to get done in this bill validates that students with disabilities have a lot of ability.

We need it. That's how we can show how our kids are being shortchanged and what they need to be able to get equitable access.

I offer for the Record the Budget Committee's cost estimate of S. 2844, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017. The reported measure provides $56.5 billion in discretionary budget…

section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 establishes statutory limits on discretionary spending and allows for various adjustments to those limits, while sections 302 and 314(a) of the Congressional…

I offer for the Record the Budget Committee's cost estimate of S. 2806, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017. The reported measure provides $75.1 billion in discretionary…

I wish to submit to the Senate the budget scorekeeping report for May 2016. The report compares current law levels of spending and revenues with the amounts the Senate agreed to in the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, the conference…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 451, S. Res. 436. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…