today, the Senate will vote to confirm Brian Edward Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born in Columbia, MD, Mr. Murphy earned his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross in 2002 and his J.D. from Columbia…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I think so, but the other thing is he got a lot of credit for, and I think deservedly so, for not interfering in his son's case for saying this. We're going to -- I'm going to respect the rule of law. I trust the Justice Department and so…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 301 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Sharad Desai to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Born in Phoenix, Mr. Desai received his B.A. and B.S. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. from New York University School…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 300 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 299 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I think there's going to be some senators that actually kind of look at this very critically.

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent.- The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 298 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

Well, I mean, better than Gaetz. I mean, you know, a bag filled with peanut butter would be better than Gaetz.

Yes, I mean, the vast majority of Republicans will do whatever Donald Trump wants, and he wants it to be Pete Hegseth.

Matt Gaetz doesn't go quietly anywhere. So he's clearly not going anywhere now. He's ambitious.

I ask unanimous consent that Paul Ghiotto, a State Department fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 5362 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Ali nomination cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise today to discuss an issue I have been working on for 23 years, the plight of America's Dreamers. I first introduced the DREAM Act more than two decades ago with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who was then the chairman of the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the next and all subsequent rollcalls be 10 minutes in duration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.