Mr. President, over the next couple hours, we are going to have another CR vote, and we are going to get some votes on amendments. When I came to the Senate 3 years ago, a little over that, one of my main goals--I always respected the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 4930

Madam President, as ranking member of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, I rise today in support of the Senator from Tennessee's resolution to reopen the Capitol and the Senate office buildings. As he said, for nearly 2…

I thank Congresswoman Kaptur and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick for their bipartisan leadership. I know that this Special Order is about the situation in Ukraine, but the situation in Ukraine goes beyond Ukraine. It is a threat to the…

Mr. President, in an effort to make the internet healthy, happy, and peaceful, the Chinese Government recently clamped down on what it deems as online bad behavior. Beijing knows all about bad behavior. In fact, if behaving badly were an…

I thank Mr. Comer and Mrs. Maloney. This is a good bill. I have been working on this program for, actually, 48 years. I was here when they stopped the post office, when we used to run it, and we caused this mess. You guys are cleaning it…

I grew up about 20 miles from Springfield, Illinois, and President Lincoln's boyhood home is in my congressional district in Spencer County, Indiana. President Lincoln's birthday is this Saturday, February 12, so I want to highlight some…

Briefly, respecting what the Senator says about wealthy tax cheats, I agree with him 100 percent. Everybody should pay their fair share. But I guarantee you, there wasn't one wealthy tax cheat that was on hold for 18 minutes. They are not…

Madam President, last year, I introduced a handful of bills that would help the IRS do its job better. One of those bills is called the IRS Customer Service Improvement Act. This bill simply says that IRS staffers cannot perform any union…

Madam President, the Senator from Washington makes the point that this is Republicans. This is not Republicans. Of course, they are for doing what needs to be done, and that is returning this to the States, minimally, taking a decision…

Madam President, on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down their decision in Roe v. Wade, homogenizing an approach to abortion across the country. It is estimated that over 60 million lives have been lost to abortion since this…

I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairwoman and to reiterate one fact, a story about my district, one of the top-producing steel districts in the Nation and also one of the top auto producers in the Nation. Today we are faced…

I thank Chairwoman Johnson for allowing me to speak in support of H.R. 5421, the America COMPETES Act of 2022. Congress must advance this legislation to ensure American technology and manufacturing has the innovation advantage to continue…

I thank Mr. Takano for yielding me the time. It is my honor today to rise in support of H.R. 4673, the Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition Act. I appreciate the leadership of Chairman Takano to advance this critical legislation that will…

I thank my friend for yielding. This week, our Nation is marking a solemn anniversary, 49 years since the deadly Roe v. Wade decision. For nearly half a century, pro-life Americans have been standing strong to defend precious human life…

I thank my colleague for yielding. I know that we have talked a lot about different crises, and we do have a lot of different crises. We have an economic crisis. We have an inflation crisis. We have an energy cost crisis. We have a supply…

The American people have faced 52 weeks of broken promises. The President who promised to unite the American people instead has pitted citizens against one another. The President who promised to work with Americans across the political…

I thank my colleague and friend for so many important comments that he and the others have shared with us today as we mark the 1-year anniversary mark of President Biden taking office as the current President of the United States. Once…