Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

What we really need--if we're serious about this, and I think if you're 19 and have a nonviolent felony on your record, the world we live in now compared to two generations ago is so different.

The single biggest thing I've heard, and this has been long before I've been here, in the decade or the 11 years since Dodd-Frank was introduced, is in our realm to regulate what we do think were really bad actors.

the basic framework is you should have control over your own data.

We also have to change insurance culture and hiring culture and allowing those things to happen.

And I think that's one of the things with Ban the Box. We need to understand as Members of Congress is that still only gets you past the first stage.

Mr. President, before we vote, I want to take a few minutes to express my strong opposition to what our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing with their Congressional Review Act resolution. They are asking the United States…

Mr. Speaker, Savanna's Act, which we have talked about, is named in honor of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old pregnant member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who was murdered in my home State of North Dakota in 2017. Her disappearance…

Mr. Speaker, I understand how CRs work, but also the set-asides go away. We have a standalone bill from the Senate right now. We could put it on the Consent Calendar. Just to give a little history, the Debbie Smith Act originally passed in…

Mr. Speaker, I, like many people growing up thought murder was the worst crime you could have in this country. However, my career as a criminal defense attorney and as a legal guardian ad litem for victims of sexual assault has taught me…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's…

Mr. Chair, I appreciate the sentiment, but the amendment is unnecessary. The bill's terms clearly already do nothing to prevent post-dispute arbitration agreements from being negotiated or enforced, in theory. Honestly, the amendment…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the remainder of my time. In closing, I just want to ask one simple question: Under this bill, who wins and who loses? Do consumers win? No. Studies show arbitration provides consumers faster and cheaper…

Madam Chair, I think we can't talk about this bill and talk about arbitration without also talking about class actions. Mayer Brown did a study on class-action suits. Rather than simply relying on anecdotes, the study undertook an…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, like the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and when you are from a small State, you are a big fan of the 10th Amendment as well. I like the Second Amendment, but I like…

Madam Chair, I have one real quick response, particularly on family law. The gentleman is correct; those are almost always post dispute. But in a very significant amount of those cases, they are court ordered arbitration, so I don't know…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I agree with my friend from Florida; sexual assault cases should never be a part of forced arbitration, ever, under any circumstances. The problem is, when we are doing…