barrasso: thank you, madam president. i come also to speak on this important piece of legislation and in favor of this important piece of legislation. i just visited with senator collins who knows, as so many members of this body that i practiced medicine for a long time before coming to the united states senate. took care of a lot of wyoming families as a practicing physician. as a doctor, i often prescribed medication to help my patients fight their disease, improve their equal of life. i know the importance of prescription medication. i also know the importance pharmacists play in the lives of their patients as well, because the same patient that i'm taking care of, the pharmacist is also caring for and in so many ways, the pharmacist has to be able to speak freely to their patients about information about the medication. pharmacists are often that last line of defense when they give a call to the doctor's office and say mrs. jones is here. by the way, you prescribed this, but don't forget that she is allergic to this

chased a car to the house side of the capital where murkowski, portman and barrasso all got into a car together. she didn't respond when asked if she made her decision. we understand the bob corker has made his decision and tweeted that information earlier. in fact, here is a tweet on that, corker to vote yes on kavanaugh. i think judge kavanaugh has conducted himself as well as anybody could expect during this process. that is about the corker statement. he tweeted that out and chad per graham from fox as well. jacqueline is on our democrat's line. do us a favor and make sure you mute your television set. go ahead with your comments. supporti wholeheartedly and believe everything i --nessed and heard from dr. from the doctor today. believe that she was molested, as she stated. and she has shown throughout her life have it has affected her, and it has her duty that she felt, to believe that if kavanaugh was appointed, that we would be in big trouble, as women and as democrats. host: let's hear from richard neal. the independent line, guilford, connecticut. your reaction to the testimon

if you look at products like siri barrasso similar products to help plan. these things are typically u.s.-centric silicon valley. the physical robots that are c-3po again, we are pretty good at it that germany and japan are comparably good. some are better. japan is the true leader. they have hardly begun to test the commercial health care robot which will solve a problem and very serious health care. it has to be picked up and moved people do that. it takes two people. it's a very unproductive way to to use nursing power to pick up a person. it's clearly far more productive if a robot that was compliant and had just one path that could help the nurse or the doctor. those are possible. there are certainly commercialized all-purpose robots but if you look at that it doesn't replace nurses. it amplifies the efficacy of a nurse. it helps you with health care costs because the nurses doing other things more valuable. >> host: 2 million more robots coming on line in industrial robots. >> guest: probably 20 million more service robots are coming on line in the ne

senator barrasso and senator shots are, again, spear -- shotz, are, again, spear heading the senate's companion. for over a century, the bureau of reclamation has transformed the west into a powerhouse that feeds the nation and the world while also providing renewable emissions free energy for millions of americans. b.l.r. provides essential services that benefit water and power users as well as our nation's farmers. the agency delivers water to more than 30 million people and provides one in five western farmers with water to irgait their crops. b.l.r.'s assets including more than 476 dams and dikes and the agency is also responsible for 53 different hydroelectric power plants. this legislation is timely and necessary. the bureau of reclamation was established in 1902. much of the agency's now aging infrastructure was built more than 50 years ago. many of the facilities operated by the b.l.r. are in desperate need of repairs to the tune of several billion dollars. this bill requires the federal government make public the estimated cost of repairs for reclamation facilities. for years

senator john barrasso provided an excellent summary of the laws record, or, as the doctor if i met 100 patients to the hospital -- admit, and only three recovered, i would deserve to lose my medical license, end quote. congress needs to take action to better achieve the goals of the esa. however, there are some things for the u.s. fish and wildlife service and the fish and wildlife service is part of interior, and noaa fisheries which a part of commerce, both of those agencies can do better job in submitting permitting ts own and that includes promoting transparency and consistency to how the law is enforced. better implementation of the law will mean better results for our species protection. the fish and wildlife service and noaa fisheries should therefore be commending, should be commended for proposing rules to improve implementation of esa. it's my honor today to introduce the deputy secretary of the u.s. department of the interior, david bernhardt who will be discussing this important work. president trump nominated mr. bernhardt, david, to deputy secretary position april 2017 an

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. the senate recently completed what was easily the most productive august in memory. we passed six appropriations bills with full debate on the senate floor. we passed the john s. mccain national defense authorization act. we have confirmed 25 appointees to important jobs in the administration. we confirmed 17 federal judges to the bench. we set up votes for another eight earlier this month. when i was home in wyoming, i talked with a number of people all around the state, and they were very pleased to see how much we're actually getting done. i can tell you they absolutely think we should keep up this pace. maybe the most important thing that people expect us to deal with quickly is confirming judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. i believe we're off to a good start with the confirmation hearings for judge kavanaugh that were held last week in the judiciary committee. what people learned who watched the hearings is that judge kavanaugh is well respected, a mainstream, highly qua

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so i owe senator barrasso a thank you. i find it interesting that at today's hearing, the two leading republicans on the committee who were there, dan and i are more junior at the top where senator barrasso and senator inhofe both of whom were present, both of whom were productive and helpful and both of them who suffer this terrible disability of living in a landlocked state. they don't actually have a coast. and yet they have been helpful in moving this forward. and we had a terrific coalition of business and other interests. you've seen the reaction around the world to how this problem has suddenly emerged under the national and international stage. and i think we're in a really terrific position after we pass this bill to move on. and i hope with equal bipartisanship and alacrity we pass save our seas 2.0. with all that said may i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 3508 introduced earlier today by senator sullivan and myself. the presiding officer: the clerk will report.

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as you know, president trump has called on congress to take up major infrastructure legislation. passing an infrastructure bill will create jobs and grow our economy and keep families safe. water infrastructure is a key part of the president's call. drinking water systems, dams, levies, ports, reservoirs, waste water systems, they matter to just about every community in america. so infrastructure is essential and an essential part of everyone's life. water infrastructure brings water into our homes, protects us from flooding caused by catastrophic storms like the one we had this past week on the east coast. many of these aging water systems are in need of significant attention. several need to be repaired or fully replaced while other long-awaited projects need to get started. the time to upgrade our water infrastructure is now. last week, committee leaders from the senate and the house of representatives reached a deal of historic proportion -- comprehensive water infrastr