I am excited about being here. Alabama's farmers and rural communities sent me here to be their voice, and I plan to fight hard on their behalf.

Additionally, any programs like this either through the Government or the private sector must be voluntary, market-driven, and incentive-based.

Rural Alabama and rural communities all across our Nation must not be forgotten, and I will use my position on this Committee to express the views and opinions of Alabama farmers.

If the Department of Agriculture is going to play a direct or indirect part in carbon banking or greenhouse gas reduction practices, highly fertile and productive lands cannot be moved into retirement in attempts to achieve this.

Today is a day of great progress and great promise. I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan will save lives and livelihoods. It will put vaccines in the arms of Americans…

We send these young men and women to war. We pay them $38,000, and I get more calls on veterans than anything.

I think we have got to take that into account.

It seems like it takes us forever, you know, to come up with any kind of answer to something like this, and now we have the burn pits.

today I am going to talk about the growing crisis on our southern border and how we need urgent action to address the degrading situation there, but before I begin, I want to say a quick word about the reconciliation bill we passed last…

Last week, the Chinese Communist Party rolled out a new set of defense policies. It included a 7 percent increase in defense spending and a plan to become an Arctic and Antarctic power.

Had I been present, I would have voted yea on rollcall No. 63. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Allred (Davids (KS)) Amodei (Kelly (PA)) Babin (Nehls) Baird (Walorski) Barragan (Beyer) Boyle, Brendan F…

I have always asked about cost-benefit analysis, how important that is when you are dealing with a new regulation or a proposed regulation.

I thank the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Joyce Beatty. I would like to thank the original anchors of tonight's and every CBC Special Order hour, the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and the distinguished…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act, I move to waive and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior…

I started my career coaching high school football and girls and boys basketball 45 years ago, just a few years after title IX was enacted. It ensured young women had the same opportunities as young men and the same access to funding…

The world is watching Alabama. And I want you to know that these workers are following a rich tradition, a tradition of civil rights and human rights. We see you. We hear you, Alabama workers. And we are with you.

I call up my amendment No. 1386 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Tuberville]…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes, evenly divided, to debate this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.