Senate Session
The Senate continued working on fast-track trade authority promotion legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for app…
"This bill also extends the mandatory minimum sentence for those who attempt to reenter the country after being removed for breaking our law… read more
"This bill also extends the mandatory minimum sentence for those who attempt to reenter the country after being removed for breaking our laws. Time and again we are met with the tragic news of some other American citizen who was killed, injured or assaulted by somebody who has reentered the country, after being removed for violating our laws, and keeps coming back and committing other criminal acts. We need to send a clear signal to those who attempt to enter our country illegally and violate and ignore our laws that they will have to answer for them and certainly will not be allowed to come back." close
The Senate continued working on fast-track trade authority promotion legislation. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke for app…
Following leader remarks and a period of morning business, senators were to vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2578, …
The Senate convened for a legislative session. Business was postponed until the next day. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) …
Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) were sworn in by Vice President Biden during morning business. Both wo…