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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 521, 492, 493, 494, 537, 538, 553, 554, and all nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the…
Madam President, I call up amendment No. 3867, as modified, and I ask that it be reported by number. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 4775 and I ask that it be reported by number. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion
Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the substitute to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to…
Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection to the modification is heard. Is there objection to the original request?
Madam President, I renew my original request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The junior Senator from Alaska.
Madam President, we began this process for the National Defense Authorization Act months ago. In July, in working closely with the ranking member and all of my colleagues on the committee, we passed a bipartisan National Defense Act which…
I object to the modification, Madam President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard to the modification. Is there objection to the original request?
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Leslie Ashton and Cami Pease, Government Accountability Office detailees to the Senate Armed Services Committee, have floor privileges during consideration of the fiscal year 2022 National…
Madam President, I believe I have the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has the floor.
Mr. President, I rise to discuss the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. Over the coming days, the Senate will consider this bill, which the Armed Services Committee passed by a broad bipartisan margin of 23 to 3 in July…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Requests
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to yield back all remaining time on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 144, H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act; that if the motion to proceed is agreed to, the Reed-Inhofe…
Madam President, I object to the modification. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is objection. Objection is heard. Is there objection to the original request?
Madam President, I object to the modification. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection to the modification is heard. Is there objection to the original request?
Madam President, I renew my original request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Madam President, I rise today to honor Janet Coit, one of Rhode Island's most respected environmental advocates. Ms. Coit is the newly appointed Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National…