I think the more we can move conventional agriculture into regenerative practices, the better off we will all be.

Mr. President, this is going to be an unusual set of comments for me because I am going to start out with some personal history, which I hope will make sense in terms of what I want to address. I started working in the alternative energy…

Mr. President, the underlying bill provides billions of dollars to the IRS to hire 87,000 additional auditors, yet more than 50 percent of the current IRS employees have yet to return to their offices or work sites. Here are the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the motion be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The motion to commit is as follows: [Ms. Collins] moves to commit the bill H.R. 5376 to…

Mr. President, I request the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant…

Mr. President, I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins] moves to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have the following article printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: A Unified Senate, and a Unified NATO--Opinion (By…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled votes: Senator Collins for up to 10 minutes, Senator Graham for up to 5 minutes, Senator Blunt for up to 5 minutes, Senator…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Heidi Zisselman, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges through August 4, 2022. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I rise in strong support of the accession of Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance. In May, I visited Helsinki and Stockholm as part of a Senate delegation to encourage the Finnish and Swedish efforts to join the…

This is not a partisan issue. This is a mechanical issue.

I am worried about the implications of the so-called independent Legislature theory.

I think the Reform Act does not need to address this subject because there are legal remedies in place at the state level.

The core concept is the peaceful transfer of power.

It is one that I hope that we can resolve quickly. Again, it should be on an entirely bipartisan basis.

There are those who assert, and apparently we now have three justices--Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch--who appear to accept this independent Legislature theory.

If you have ambiguity and confusion, that opens the way to conflict and ultimately violence as we saw on January 6th.

Do you feel that the Electoral Reform Act adequately deals with the rogue Governor problem of a Governor who basically refuses to certify?