I thank the Senator from Oregon for his work and also express appreciation for the bipartisan approach to the appropriations bill. This is regular order. This is how we are supposed to do things. It is not just the Ag appropriations bill…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

I rise to support the USMCA--the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement--along with my colleagues. You heard a number of them already. You will hear more. It is compelling. It is time to act. We are ready to go. This legislation has to…

reserving the right to object, I don't disagree with everything that is in the Senator's bill--far from it. I agree with much of it, but it does have several critical flaws, and it is not ready for prime time. In most, if not all, States…

it has been a year since the United States, Mexico, and Canada agreed to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, the replacement for NAFTA and the modernization for the NAFTA agreement that has been so important to all three of our…

I can't think of an issue where accountability matters more than when we are collecting DNA evidence to get convictions of violent sexual offenders and to give some semblance of justice. I am going to support the bill. I hope we get it…

I rise to speak on the appropriations bill that is now before the Senate. I would like, however, to defer to the ranking minority member on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee for his comments, and then I would reserve the…

Only in Congress can we fight about something that I think we all generally agree on. The bill the House is considering today will reauthorize the Debbie Smith grant program. I strongly support reauthorization. But this law has a 15-year…

I ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks, on Tuesday, October 22, the time until 12 noon be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. I further ask that all postcloture time on Treaties Calendar No. 5, Treaty…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 200, H.R. 150. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 368, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:19 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 10 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, October 22; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

What we really need--if we're serious about this, and I think if you're 19 and have a nonviolent felony on your record, the world we live in now compared to two generations ago is so different.

And I think that's one of the things with Ban the Box. We need to understand as Members of Congress is that still only gets you past the first stage.