I ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to Executive Calendar No. 320, Rufus Gifford, to be Chief of Protocol, with the rank of Ambassador. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Texas.

now, here is a generational mistake if we do not confirm the next person. We are in the midst in Latin America and the Caribbean of turmoil all around. We have the challenges of Venezuela, the Cuban people crying out for change, the…

I ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to Executive Calendar No. 239, Michele Jeanne Sison, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs…

before I yield, finally, to my colleague from Connecticut, a member of the committee, I just want to say that in 30 years of doing foreign policy between the House and the Senate, sitting on both the House and Senate Foreign Relations…

one thing that is demonstrably true is that Donald Trump did nothing as it relates toward this pipeline, and there wasn't much effort to try to get them to stop the pipeline at the time. And while I disagreed with President Trump on a…

now is here one where we heard a lot even during the debate we just had about the United Nations and the need for reform. Well, here is an opportunity. I ask that it be in order to make the same request with respect to Executive Calendar…

I am so excited. This is perhaps the highlight of this long and painful and tortuous night. Again, if it wasn't complete abdication of Senate procedures and esteem, I would walk over there and hug my colleague from Alabama. And I will tell…

Voice vote. Voice vote. Vote on Amendment No. 3113 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

Well, it absolutely is personal. You know, I`ve had to ration my insulin because I couldn`t afford it. I nearly died from it. And I know I`m at high risk. And my wife and I are preparing to have our third daughter at any moment now. I`ve…

They are pulling these tricks, these tired old tricks to cause division, to sow fear, because they believe that`s the only way they can win.

I rise to ask unanimous consent that the following materials in support of section 40209 of the bipartisan infrastructure framework, the Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program, be entered into the Record. These sources…

I rise to discuss Zambia's upcoming elections and the erosion of democracy under President Edgar Lungu. On August 12, the people of Zambia will go to the polls to elect their President and members of the National Assembly. They will do so…

Anyone telling you that we can safely reopen our schools without requiring everyone inside to wear a mask is quite simply lying to you? Because we can’t.

I come to talk about the process that we are in here; first of all, the process that brings us the legislation that is before us. Now, I respect my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have come together to draft the legislation that we…

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

if our colleagues believe that tweets on policy differences or politics are disqualifying for a nominee...

I believe that addressing this heat island effect is really critical to our overall strategies as a country.