Actually, what Jamie Raskin said too is something I think all of us feel, at the time we need them, FEMA shows up.

Well, I think Senator Sinema is wrong. Both of these bills are going forward in tandem, going forward in tandem. We have got to pass them both.

I am urging the House to vote no on the roads and bridges bill tonight.

We obviously have these amendments, so we will have them in order to be voted on. I call them up to have them all before us. I can assure you that the three amendments that I have referred to, I will strongly oppose them because, were they…

I 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 assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

the Cotton Amendment short changes critical assistance provided to Afghan parolees that is included in the underlying bill and it should be defeated. It shortens the length of time that we provide refugee assistance to thousands of Afghan…

families across the country are frustrated, and so am I. People are doing everything they can to end this pandemic, only to see some Republicans trying to prolong it with bills like this. We are fighting a highly contagious virus. It has…

you know, this amendment has no business whatsoever being in a CR which has to be enacted by 12 midnight tonight. It may make a great sound bite or political ad, but it is not good policy. It is not a thoughtful solution to the many…

I thank the Senators who stayed with us to make sure we could get a good continuing resolution passed, which we are about to do. I just want to thank everybody and urge--it will be a voice vote, but shout ``yes'' on this next vote. Thank…

This is an absurd way to do business.

we will have before us a substitute amendment identical to H.R. 5305, which we will be voting on today. H.R. 5305 is the House-passed continuing resolution, except that the provision raising the debt ceiling has been removed because…

I call up amendment No. 3830. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy] proposes an amendment numbered 3830. (The…

You cannot in my view have an agreement at 2:00 in the morning that nobody has seen.

I ask unanimous consent to call up all remaining amendments, in order, with respect to H.R. 3505 en bloc, and ask that they be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

it was with great pride that Americans across the country tuned in this summer for the return of the Olympic Games. I want to take a moment to celebrate the achievements of one Vermonter who traveled to Tokyo, Japan, to represent our…

It totally erodes personal respect and the rule of law.

This is a problem of two senators from conservative states that are playing some sort of game.

The biggest problem of all is that the counties and the states that Michael talked about and that Steve talked about are older, getting older and whiter. And they’re terrified of the future.