I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 19; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders…

I understand that there are 20 bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3452) to ensure that…

I rise today to urge the Senate to take action to protect voting rights and to defend our democracy. Voting is foundational to our democracy. In a strong, functioning democracy, the playing field is level. Citizens have a right to vote…

In order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceeding en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The items will be placed on the calendar under rule XIV…

I want to say a very special thank-you to my colleague, the Senator from Oregon. Senator Merkley has worked harder and more persistently on questions about the filibuster and the procedures of the U.S. Senate for years now and tried to…

maybe the people who need to also be repealed and replaced are Manchin and Sinema.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:01 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10 a.m.

Today’s filibuster doesn’t encourage debate. It promotes cowardice. Senators can torpedo bills without saying a single word in public or even stepping to the floor of the United States Senate. This is not how a so-called deliberative body…

We are not particularly good at things like planning, which is essential, or coordination.

This has been a really interesting conversation on a very, very important topic.

I think I speak for all of us on this panel: I go home; I am still trying to convince people to make sure they get the vaccine.

You know, Dr. Burgess wax nostalgic about the previous administration. I look back on the early days of this crisis with a lot of shock that scientists were telling us that we had to take this pandemic seriously.

I think there needs to be a better coordinated effort to look at things more holistically.

We are not very good at coordination between the House and the Senate, never mind the Federal Government, the State and local governments, and others that need to be part of it.

I think you challenge us to think bigger and more holistically, which is something that is always very difficult to do.

The January 6 insurrection may have been quelled, but the assault on our democracy is alive. Across 19 States, Republican legislatures have enacted 33 voter suppression laws. Here in Congress, we have witnessed unanimous Republican…

Well, certainly very disappointed in the ruling. You know, we were doing this rule to keep Americans safe, to help get Americans back to work, to make sure that people don`t have to worry about when they`re going to work. But…

I think again, it`s very short sighted by the justices that rules against this today.