I follow my colleague from California, and I believe he said it correctly--the legacy of Dianne Feinstein. Our colleagues are in shock today, even though we knew Dianne was ill, even though we knew she was 90 years old, even though we knew…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:21 p.m., recessed until Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 12 noon…

reserving the right to object, as I have said, I share my colleague's concern with making sure that our servicemembers do not miss a paycheck because of a potential government shutdown. In fact, I do not want any of our Federal workers to…

reserving the right to object, we can't be back here in the same situation in 2 weeks. We need a CR that gives us the actual time to get through our bipartisan spending bills. Believe me, I would love to say we could get this done in 2…

yesterday, the senior Senator from California came onto the floor through those doors to do her job. She voted. She voted to make sure that our country would continue to move forward and not shut down. That was Dianne. She did her job…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 12 noon on Saturday, September 30; that following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and…

Americans across the country are watching us now, as we near the brink of an entirely pointless and absolutely devastating government shutdown and wondering: How in the world did we get here? It is a great question and an infuriating one…

I urge that we go to the vote. Vote on Motion to Proceed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.

I ask unanimous consent to modify the previous order in relation to the veto messages on S.J. Res. 9 and S.J. Res. 24 so that, beginning at 2:20 p.m. today, there be up to 20 minutes for debate, concurrently and equally divided between the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Agreement--Veto Messages on S.J. Res. 9 and S.J. Res. 24

reserving the right to object, I share my colleague's concern about making sure our national parks stay open. In fact, I don't want any Federal facilities to close their doors, any Federal workers to miss a paycheck, or any programs…

we all know we are down to the wire right now, so we need to keep moving with this CR so we can avoid a damaging and completely unnecessary shutdown. This is a straightforward, bipartisan CR that simply keeps the government funded so we…

the Republicans have got to get it together and figure out if they've got a majority.

let's get through the shutdown. Let's make sure that government functions because Republicans have shown they can't govern.

At a minimum, it should be the clean continuing resolution to fund the government. No policy riders, no bad, you know -- no other bad immigration policy, nothing but just fund the government.

Kevin McCarthy has led us into this Republican shutdown.

If it happens that we have a shutdown, it looks increasingly likely, it is a Republican shutdown and it has tremendous consequences for people across the country.

If you support Ukraine, you cannot support this rule. My overarching concern here is for Ukraine. I mean, let's start with the fact that there is a Ukrainian supplemental that is needed to continue our support that the House Republicans…