the presiding officer: the senator from indiana don madam president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection don madam president, i ask unanimous consent that sarah thompson, a member of my staff be granted floor privileges for the day. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. donnelly: i rise today in recognition of suicide prevention month. to continue to shine a light on the impact of suicide and to discuss the importance of efforts to strengthen mental health care. sadly too many hooziers and americans ndz taken from us by suicide shattering families and communities. today i want to talk about suicide prevention as it relates to our service members, our veterans, and their families. last year sadly for the fourth straight year, more u.s. troops were lost to suicide than in combat. in 2015, 475 service members took their own lives. prior to that, we lost 443 service members in 2014 and 474 service members in 2013. we are painfully aware of the statistic that an estimated 20 veterans a day take their own lives. these number

madam secretary. then she was calling him donald or don, a little diminishment there.hecked with the women in my family, my basket of deplorables. >> because they're trump supporters. >> well, they're on and off the train. my sister thought he won. my niece said, well, i'd rather have anyone than this knucklehead, but he didn't do anything to make me vote for anyone else. so, i mean, it seemed like she won, but she didn't have that captain moment where it was such a crazy meltdown. you know, you would worry about him with the nuclear codes, but on the other hand, you know, the psychologists did do their job. she got under his skin a lot, i think, and more and more as the debate went on. he just looked like he wanted to, you know, really go back to miss universe contestants. >> what did you think were the moments that she was able to do that? >> i think they were right in perceiving -- and donald trump does this a lot, has done it a lot throughout the campaign. he'll take a premise and run with it. she's like, here are some rabbit holes. would you like to go down them?

madam president, i don' i don't- i don't see any other senator interested in speaking, so i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that at 5:00 p.m. today, the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 5985. further, that there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. following the use or yielding back of time the bill be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: now, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to h.r. 5325 ripen at 2:15 p.m. on tuesday, september 20. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr.