Mr. President, I rise to introduce the STEM Education in Accounting Act with my colleague Senator Rosen. Our bill would recognize accounting as part of a well-rounded STEM education and allow school districts to use their Federal education…

Madam President, today I wish to recognize LT Sean McDonald, U.S. Navy, for his outstanding work on behalf of the people of Maine and the Nation as a 2021 Department of Defense Legislative Fellow serving in my Washington, DC, office…

Madam President, on Friday, the Department of Labor reported that inflation had hit a near-40-year high, confirming what many American families have been feeling in their wallets for many months. The soaring cost of virtually everything…

There should be red teams. There should be people in the Capitol Police who think the unthinkable.

January 6th was one of the saddest days in our country. That our magnificent Capitol is not open to the public, and we had an attack on the heart of our democracy.

There should be very vigorous discussions with the overall intelligence community.

I have been surprised there has not been more discussion of physical security. It is pretty easy to secure a building these days.

Madam Speaker, I rise to support the continuing resolution, which extends government funding at current levels until we pass a full appropriations package for the next fiscal year. It is my strong hope that this short-term extension will…

We cannot serve the public adequately if these parks are understaffed.

If we are going to invite people to the out-of-doors, we have to be able to meet their needs.

Well, I hope our two witnesses from the Administration will take this back.

I thank the Senator, and I particularly want to thank Senator Casey for his steadfast, dogged perseverance in pursuit of this issue. He has stayed with it. He has advocated for it. He has been persistent and persuasive, and I just want to…

So that is a technology that ought to be very useful in this situation.

I wanted to ask Mr. Chapple to convey my congratulations to the first Director of the National Park Service in five years.

We have a real problem with staffing in the National Parks.

Maine is the third-ranked state, as it has the third highest portion of our GDP coming from outdoor recreation of any state in the country.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, Calendar No. 475; that the Senate vote on the nomination; the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon…

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.