this amendment is a poison pill that would defeat everything that many of us are trying to accomplish tonight in this historic budget: no reduction in childhood poverty; no expansion in childcare, pre-K, or Medicare; no investment in…

Senator Paul's amendment would slash Federal spending by trillions of dollars. It would mean massive cuts to Medicare, to Medicaid, to food stamps, to virtually every Federal program that impacts working people and low-income people. It…

I ask unanimous consent that the following staff members from my staff and from Senator Graham's staff be given all-access floor passes for consideration of the resolution: majority staff, Michael Jones, Joshua Smith, Melissa…

I ask unanimous consent that, following the Braun amendment, the following amendments be in order, that the amendments be reported by number, with no amendments in order, prior to a vote in relation to the amendment: Fischer 3128, Ernst…

I yield the majority's remaining time on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. All time on the resolution has been yielded back. The Senator from Wyoming. Amendment No. 3055

I rise in opposition to this amendment that makes it more difficult for Congress to respond to an emergency when one occurs. Let us be clear. There is no reason to hold up Federal dollars to help people recover from a natural disaster…

let me thank Senator Durbin for his leadership in so many areas, including the understanding, as he just indicated, that the time is long overdue for comprehensive immigration reform and a path toward citizenship for millions of…

once again, the Senate has proven that infrastructure is--as it always has been-- a bipartisan issue. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act offers a once-in-a-generation vision for America's infrastructure that is long overdue. This…

as I understand it, the Senator from Alabama is interested in increasing military spending by some $50 billion. You know, there is a headline in the New York Times today. It doesn't talk about the fact that the United States now spends…

I applaud what the majority leader just said. We are here. A lot of Senators, both Republicans and Democrats, have rearranged schedules to be here. Let's go forth and do the country's business. If people have amendments they want, bring…

So underneath the victory lap at economics, and we are doing better, and the Republicans were terrible in Florida and Texas and places like that, and their governors are under water, but underneath all that is a real threat to our…

First of all, I actually think most of the Republican senators are for it. They just don’t dare vote for it because they don’t want to give Biden the victory.

If this puts me in the same company as Obama and Biden, I am delighted. I tried to get into that company, but the voters didn’t have it.

it is alarming to know that voter suppression, which we have worked for decades to overcome, is not a ghost from our past. Suppression efforts are resurfacing--and surging-- in State legislatures across the country. Voter roll purging…

after decades of civil war, famine, and political instability, after millions were killed and millions more became refugees, many hoped that independence and a peace agreement in South Sudan would usher in a period of stability and…

parliamentary inquiry: How long did that last 15-minute vote take? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. While the vote was scheduled for 15 minutes, it took 37.

I ask unanimous consent that the following rollcall votes be 10 minutes in length.

as a former mayor, I have a sense as to how important physical infrastructure--roads, bridges, water systems, wastewater plants--are, and I am delighted that we are finally beginning to address our long-neglected physical infrastructure…