I appreciate your friendship and your kindness to the 435th most powerful person in Congress--that would be me. I really do, brother, and I am going to miss you. Mr. Speaker, after six terms representing Tennessee's First Congressional…

Mr. President, I am pleased that we've finally agreed on language to enhance penalties for female genital mutilation, or FGM, a truly horrible practice. I thank my colleagues in the House who worked with me on this issue. More than 200…

Madam President, those of you who have taken time out to watch college sports this fall--and I know there are many in this Chamber who have, and they know that the games this year have looked very different when you compare them to…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I want to thank my friend and colleague, the Senator from New Jersey, for bringing this issue to the floor today. Cultural programs may represent and do, in fact, represent a tiny fraction of…

In response to the question, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes. That is exactly what we want. That is exactly what we deserve. And this is one of many manifestations of the fact that my friend, my distinguished colleague, the senior…

Mr. President, I have to tell you, every day, I am hearing from Tennesseans who are asking what we are going to do about COVID relief. It is coming up in nearly every conversation that I have--with our county mayors, with citizens, with…

Madam President, I want to be clear about something. All racial, ethnic, religious groups in America are worthy of celebration, even to the extent of having their own museums. Indeed, many of them already do--in many instances…

Madam President, if the Smithsonian Institution in its report in 1994 in fact acknowledged that it systematically excluded the stories of any one segment in American society, I struggle to understand why the only response to that has to be…

Mr. President, article I, section 9, clause 7 of the Constitution makes clear that no money will be drawn from the Treasury except by an appropriation passed by Congress. Article I, section 7 of the Constitution likewise makes clear that…

Mr. President, I have profound respect and admiration for both the Senator from Alabama and the Senator from Vermont. As you can tell from their remarks, they are congenial, collegial, and delightful people. They also have many decades of…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The Senator from Maine.

Madam President, I stand today to give tribute to my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from New Mexico, Tom Udall, who was assigned to be my mentor when I first arrived in the Senate nearly 10 years ago. Over a series of meetings we…

Madam President, over the past few months, there have been many of us in this Chamber who have taken Big Tech to task over their shady and biased business practices. In more than one hearing, we have grilled them on the privacy…

With this body back to work this week, I was hoping we would be here to work and to address the ongoing health and economic crisis. Unfortunately, that is not the case. While small businesses and hardworking Americans struggle to get by…

Mr. President, it is nothing short of a tragedy when anyone suffers from ALS. This is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, one that attacks the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord of its victims and eventually affects control…

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 1044), as amended, was passed.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor my friend and colleague, Congressman Rob Bishop. After 18 years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives, he has decided to hang up his gloves and embark on his well-deserved retirement. Rob…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered Tribute to Rob Bishop