Mr. Speaker, we continue to see appalling nursing home negligence nationwide, including my home State of Pennsylvania. Last week, my fellow Pennsylvania Republican Members and I joined the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to…

Mr. Speaker, a day that the farmers of Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District have been looking forward to is finally here. Today marks the day the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, goes into effect. Over a year ago, I…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Bud Cook, the northeast Pennsylvania program director for the Nature Conservancy. For more than 40 years, Bud has been one of the foremost advocates for conservation and environmental protection in…

Mr. Speaker, I want to raise my voice in support of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. I want to congratulate Chairman DeFazio. He has been working on this for a long time. This is the infrastructure bill that we have been waiting for. He has…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of the free press in America. I can't believe that I have to say this, but our free press is under attack--physical attack. As Americans have taken to the streets to demand change in the wake…

Mr. President, I want to thank the senior Senator from Michigan for her leadership. I will say more about her work in a moment. We would not be here tonight talking about this program that we know by the acronym, but the words are all…

Mr. President, before we close tonight, I want to talk about a story that is troubling a lot of Americans--one that we have just learned about in the last couple of days--and that is the recent events regarding the U.S. presence in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered Russia

Mr. President, I have just a few more minutes, and I will be done. I won't go through the details of this report, but I want to note for the Senate two things. No. 1, we will be introducing--I will, and Senator Peters, the ranking member…

Mr. President, I think the reference was to Senator Schatz's bill, and I am just asking, on behalf of the Democratic Senator, if the chairman would take a look at that bill.

Mr. President, we are going to be talking tonight about nursing homes in the context of the COVID-19 disease. I will start with the numbers, which I think most Americans, unfortunately, know by now. Every day we see the number of cases and…

Mr. President, in reserving the right to object, I don't have a problem--nor do, I am sure, a number of Senators--with Senator Johnson's bill. I am objecting on behalf of the Democratic Senators so we can start a conversation about helping…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). The Senator from Maryland. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 3768

Mr. President, as we conclude the hour in the next 10 or 15 minutes, let me start my remarks by thanking my colleagues who joined us tonight. I thank Senator Whitehouse, who has worked with us on this legislation from the very beginning…

Mr. Speaker, America found itself in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a crisis, the likes of which many have not experienced in their lifetimes. There are those who run from the crisis, those who run toward it, and those who find…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to commemorate the life and legacy of Rik Paulsen. Rik Paulsen was a committed community leader, a dedicated sailor, and a dear friend of mine for many years. He passed away on Sunday, May 24, at the age of 78…

This is quite concerning, coming from the city of Philadelphia, where over 40 percent of the population is African American.