I think that what will likely happen tomorrow, Anderson, I can't be sure is that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will not succeed and that's what I think is the right thing, and I support the progressives in the House for doing that.

It must be pointed out that this is going to be paid for. This is not adding to the debt.

This will get done, and I think it will be a real asset.

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

today, the Senate will hold a vote to allow for the consideration of a temporary, stopgap measure to keep the government funded through December 3. The measure also provides $28 billion to help States ravaged by hurricanes and wildfires…

I have listened to this debate. I have also listened to my two dear friends from Louisiana speak about the disaster recovery, and I support disaster recovery for that. But I would just point out that on the proposal of the Republican…

Let`s be crystal clear. If the bipartisan infrastructure bill is passed on its own on Thursday, it will be in violation of an agreement that was reached within the Democratic Caucus in Congress.

I know the speeches on the other side have gone a little longer than we expected, so I ask unanimous consent that I have time to complete my statement on the continuing resolution and national debt, which will be relatively short. The…

The question before this Congress will be whether we do our duty and raise the debt ceiling. The question of the debt ceiling is not about authorizing new spending. It is about paying our bills, and it is no different than if a family…

I would 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 bill clerk called the roll.

as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, I want to say a few words about some of the important budgetary issues that Congress is now facing. I want to focus on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, but before I do that, I want to…

S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included an instruction to the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to file enforceable levels in the Senate in the event the budget was agreed to without the…

I would ask unanimous consent that, at the end of my remarks, the scheduled vote take place. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Just 4 months ago, I rose to remember a Montgomery County favorite, Denise Burstein, and today, with a heavy heart, I remember her husband, my friend and community leader, Frank Burstein. Frank passed away last Saturday. Montgomery County…

What the overwhelming majority of members of the Democratic Caucus what is a $6 trillion bill. We have already made a significant compromise. Now, the president is -- I was in the White House yesterday. The president is doing a very good…

we strongly support the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other members in the house who have said they intend to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill only once the Build Back Better act is passed.

I thank the gentleman for wanting to work with me on this. Certainly this is a serious problem, and it is a serious problem for my constituent, and I am sure constituents in any other district in our country. But there is a misstatement in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title LI of division E, after section 5105, insert the following: SEC. 5106. PROTECTIONS FOR…