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Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of the national security supplemental appropriations bill that is the business before this body. After a disappointing failure to move ahead with a bill that included critical border security…
It says to the people of Poland, to the people of Lithuania, to the people of Latvia, to the people of Estonia--nations that long knew the boot of Soviet occupation and oppression--that they should be afraid; that they cannot count on the…
The answer will be given by this body in the coming few hours and days--because I went to Europe with my friend and colleague Senator Rounds just a few weeks ago and in Poland and Slovakia and at a conference in Switzerland gave the…
Not with the significance and severity of this moment, for a couple of reasons. One, because all of the world is engaged in watching or in supporting. As I mentioned before, 50 nations are contributing munitions, financial support to…
Madam President, I rise today in support of Joe Goffman's nomination to serve as Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. At the end of last year, I joined several of our colleagues to discuss our recent delegation…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent, for myself as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics and for Senator Lankford, vice chairman of the committee, that the annual report of the Select Committee on Ethics for calendar year 2023 be…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote proceed immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Mr. President, in reserving the right to object, I want to thank my colleague, who has joined me here on the floor this evening, for his service to our country. Like him, I was just a pup. I was 17 years old when I raised my right hand and…
Mr. President, as this day comes to an end, a very sad chapter in the history of this body comes to an end, mercifully. I stand here before you and my colleagues as the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, a retired Navy…
Madam President, I would like to be recognized for maybe 5 minutes to speak on behalf of the nomination of former Governor Martin O'Malley. Senator Cardin and others have known Martin for a long time; I have as well. I think I met him when…
Madam President, one of the joys for me of serving here is serving as the chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, right next to Ben Cardin and about two seats away from Sheldon Whitehouse. And we appreciate your participation…
Madam President, as some of our colleagues know, I am a retired Navy captain and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate. Today, I want to take a couple of minutes, if I could, to share what military service has meant to my…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the recorded vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Mr. President, my colleagues from Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri have raised a raft of questions to which I will offer a few timely and simple answers: Look up. Look back. Look ahead. To my colleague from Kansas, his predecessor Bob Dole, a…
Who supports humanitarian aid into Gaza with appropriate measures of inspection? The Israeli Government. They say it is critical to bolstering their national security. Look up. Look back. Look forward. Look up; you will see the missiles…
Madam President, good afternoon. I rise to join my two colleagues who just spoke in opposition to S.J. Res. 38, a Congressional Review Act resolution to disapprove of the Biden administration's temporary waiver of the ``Buy American''…
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I join my colleagues in standing to speak against a proposal brought to the floor by my colleague from Kansas--a proposal that would move aid to Israel swiftly but ignore the urgency and the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 111, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $100,000,000) (reduced by…