I’m skeptical of it because I don’t know where it stops.

I urge all of our colleagues to vote yes on this bill, which will provide a crucial 2-month extension for the Paycheck Protection Program. This program has been a lifeline to countless small businesses and has saved more than 50 million…

I rise to urge my colleagues to support passage of H.R. 1799, the PPP Extension Act of 2021. It is imperative that we act immediately to pass this bill because we are just days away from the PPP being closed to applications for assistance…

I rise today to support the Shaheen- Collins substitute to prevent a cut in Medicare reimbursements for hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other healthcare providers who continue to care for their patients in this era of…

earlier this week, I joined Senator Leahy in introducing the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act. Our bill would strengthen Federal law by making it easier for prosecutors to go after gun traffickers and straw purchasers, those…

small businesses and their employees are the backbone of our economy, particularly in States like those of the Presiding Officer and the State that I am privileged to represent, the great State of Maine. Later today, the Senate is slated…

Prohibitively higher.

I appreciate that, and that is why I emphasized that I think demonstration projects, R&D, additional support for the new technologies that can bring that cost down.

the problem is the bankers or the people that finance, they want their money back, maybe not in three years, but they want it back in sooner than 40 years.

Nuclear power just is not remotely competitive economically in terms of new plants.

they essentially discriminate against any capital-intensive energy farm. They make natural gas pretty much the only alternative.

It is not only higher, it is massively higher.

Let me just say that I recognize this is a local and state decision, but the signals you send, the guidance you provide will be very influential.

I am concerned that San Diego, under your leadership, has closed its schools for in-person instruction this year.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 24; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 937) to…