I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, as chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, I am responsible for legislation in the Senate relative to law enforcement and criminal justice. It is an awesome responsibility, and I think about it quite a bit…

I missed rollcall vote numbers 66 and 71. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: rollcall No. 66, H.R. 21 Magaziner Amendment No. 58, ``aye'' and rollcall No. 71, H.R. 21 Jackson Lee Amendment No. 36, ``aye.'' Amendment No. 70…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 27 Offered by Ms. Manning

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 131. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the final period. Page 3, after line 9…

Mr. President, I have served in the House and Senate for a number of years. One of the issues that has always been of interest to me is tobacco. I lost my father to lung cancer when I was 14 years old. He was 53. Two packs of Camels a day…

Madam President, America must never become a safe haven for anyone who assaults the values for which this Nation stands--values like democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and the sanctity of free and fair elections. We already deny…

Madam President, 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. 121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House…

The Great Lakes are a national treasure and a regional economic driver for all of us in the Midwest. The lakes account for more than 90 percent of our Nation's surface water and 20 percent of the surface freshwater on the planet. More than…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 75 Offered by Ms. Wasserman Schultz

I am pleased to tell you I will not need 5 minutes. This is a really short amendment. It simply strikes the words ``natural gas'' from this bill. Mr. Chairman, domestic production of natural gas has nothing to do with the Strategic…

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 67. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''. Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following…

My amendment would require oil and gas companies drilling on public lands to submit plans for cutting the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of their products in half by 2030 and to zero by 2050, as is called…

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 66. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''. Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' and insert…

My friend from Texas and I are going to get to continue talking about a few tanks. My amendment would require the Secretary of Energy to determine whether curtailing U.S. oil exports would be more effective than drawing from the SPR to…

This has been a bloody week in America. It seems like every day we have woken up to news of another mass shooting, starting with the one 5 days ago when a gunman, armed with an assault pistol and high-capacity magazine, killed 11…

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 68. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''. Page 3, line 4, strike ``and gas''. The Acting CHAIR. The…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 68 Offered by Mr. Casten