Donald Trump incited this insurrection. He want it to happen, he wanted electoral count to stop and watched as police officers were being attacked and maimed, 150 officers were hurt, five people died as result of the events of that day…

We have to continue to demand that they pass the Voting Rights Act, the For the People Act, so that we can preserve the right for people in the country to vote and have the votes counted.

I rise today to honor one of our Nation's most distinguished and honorable military and diplomatic leaders, Colin Powell. Few American leaders have served their nation more, from combat overseas as a young officer to the heights of…

I rise today to pay tribute to GEN Raymond Odierno, one of the greatest commanders of his, or any other, generation of American military leaders. Ray served the Army and the Nation with great distinction. He attended West Point, and…

the yeas and nays are requested. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

I rise to express my support for the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. I am pleased, as we all are, that we will be voting soon on passage. I would like to thank Ranking Member Inhofe for his leadership and his…

I thank the chairman for yielding and thank him for his extraordinary bipartisan leadership on this issue and on so many issues that come before our committee. I want to begin by acknowledging the leadership of the Speaker who has been an…

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

a critical part of our economy is the ability of the Federal Reserve to control money supply.

Well, thank you. I concur.

I think we have concluded this matter for the evening, and I am sorry that it has ended this way because Mr. Bonilla and Ms. Lerner are essentially collateral damage in a fight that does not involve the Court of Federal Claims at all. This…

I am here on the floor to ask for some courtesy for a pair of nominees. These are nominees to the Court of Federal Claims, which is the court to which citizens can come with claims against the Federal Government. In the Court of Federal…

In the spirit of ``what goes around comes around,'' let me just say that the First Circuit is a good deal smaller than the Ninth Circuit. My State of Rhode Island is in the First Circuit. We didn't have many vacancies during the Trump…

on military justice reform, I am pleased that the NDAA that we will consider this week will enact sweeping and historic reform that changes how sexual assault and other offenses are investigated and prosecuted in the Armed Forces. This…

Well, thank you very much. And one other aspect is that this is a novel, or at least a fairly recent, phenomenon and it requires a great deal of thought, analysis, and projecting as to what we should do.

There is a huge discrepancy between what inland States get and what coastal States get if you adjust for population.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the National Defense Authorization Act. I begin by congratulating and thanking Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers, as well as my counterparts on the…

The dangers to our coasts are very, very real. The environmental upheaval that is happening along our coasts is very, very real.