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I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…
I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 5646, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read…
in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. ____________________
I understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of…
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5060) was…
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 5060 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…
I have three requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…
in reserving the right to object, I have no substantive concerns with these bills. However, we have dozens and dozens of other bills that have been reported out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Barrasso and I have…
I want to thank the Senator from Maine for her great words of serving so long with our friend and colleague Tom Carper. First of all, I want to say to Tom, I appreciate the very kind words that he mentioned about me and us in our work…
It is truly an honor to stand before you today as I reflect on my one decade of service representing West Virginia's Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over these 10 years, I have fought relentlessly to…
today, I rise to really talk about a source of great concern for me and, I think, the American people, and that is the dangerous world that President Biden and his administration are leaving behind. We see a world engulfed in the flames of…
I rise to speak of my dear friend who is departing too early. I am going to wait until he gets done with all of the congratulatories that he deserves. I rise again to congratulate my dear friend Mitt Romney, whom I have gotten to know very…
Again, I say thank you. God bless you for the opportunity and experience of a lifetime. And I love each and every one of you. (Applause.) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.
I want to thank each and every one of my colleagues--all of you. And it has been an honor of a lifetime. It truly has been. And it is something that I will take with me for the rest of my life. And my family will too. But I really mean…
a few of us have some remarks to make about the honored Senator from West Virginia. When he is finished with his hugs, we will continue. Mr. President, I want to say to my friend Joe Manchin, wonderful speech. It really had a lot of…
my friends and colleagues, today I rise with a full heart and an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It has been the honor of my life to represent my great State of West Virginia and this great country of ours. Fourteen years ago, I walked in…
the pardon makes President Biden’s legacy more difficult