democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. first, on the topic of net neutrality, since the administration's f.c.c. voted to end net neutrality in december, democrats have been working hard to round up enough senators to overrule the f.c.c.'s decision, which places control of the internet in the hands of the biggest corporations. today we reached a milestone. 50 senators will support senator markey's resolution of disapproval. all 49 democrats have signed on to cosponsor and my friend from maine, senator collins has also said she will support. with our full caucus supporting the measure, it's clear that democrats want to keep the internet from becoming a wild west where i.s.p.'s are free to offer premium service to the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far interior options. when we force a vote on this bill, republicans in congress will for the first time have the opportunity to right the administration's wrong and show the american people whose...

and justice for all. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the president pro tempore: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: as we all know, congress has until friday to reach an agreement that ensures continuous funding for the federal government. there's too much at stake for republicans and democrats not to come together, particularly while serious bipartisan conversations are under way on shared priorities, such as rebuilding our military, fixing our broken immigration policy, and other issues. now that a federal judges that issued a nationwide injunction preventing the administration from winding down the obama administration's daca program, it is clear that congress has at least, at least until march at a minimum and possibly even longer to reach a compromise that resolves the daca question but also strengthens our security and makes other needed reforms to our broken immigration system. with no imminent deadline on immigration and with bipartisan talks well under way, there's no reason why...

something that i know is at the top of his list, and i'm proud to join him in this. mr. schumer: thank you. and i want to thank you and my colleague from indiana, my colleague from ohio, senators brown and stabenow and done -- and donnelly and klobuchar and heitkamp have been stalwart voices for men and women in their states, senator man china china -- senator manchin for the miners in west virginia and others across the country. we come to the floor tonight to urge our republican colleagues to join us in doing something to shore up pension plans for millions of americans, millions of middle-class workers in this country, teamsters and carpenters, they put their money into plans year after year. they knew they wouldn't be rich when they retired but they thought they could live a life of decency. they offered 401(k) salary increases. they said give me a lower raise but put money in that pension. these people earned these pensions. they are the backbone of america. but now after all...