Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 711, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 924, 979, 982, and 983; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate; that the…

Mr. President, I have four requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time be considered expired on Executive Calendar No. 968 and the Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be determined by the majority leader, or his…

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that following the remarks of Senator Sullivan, the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Madam President, finally, for the information of the Senate, the 5:30 p.m. vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on the Wang nomination to be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Colorado. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a critical issue that continues to take a heavy toll on the health and financial well- being of Americans: high prescription drug prices. This uniquely American problem has U.S. families paying the…

Ladies and gentlemen---- Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, I thought the gentleman said yelling at one another doesn't help.

Today I rise to urge my colleagues to pass the Honoring our PACT Act to give our veterans the healthcare they earned. Over 3.5 million veterans have been exposed to toxins, such as burn pits, during deployment, causing horrific health…

This is going to be a very busy week. There are over 600 amendments made in order to the defense bill. Clearly, if we do what we just did, and we do it too often--take three times the time allotted to vote; this took about 47 minutes, 48…

Reclaiming my time, I just admonished some people. This is a serious issue of how the House operates and how your time is respected. We have proxies. We are going to keep proxies. We can debate that, but the fact of the matter is, as long…

I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman yielding. I would like to speed this up, and with all due respect, not to yell anything else, but if we did eliminate proxies, we could go to…

Let me conclude, Madam Speaker, by urging everybody to stay on the floor. What we are seeing happen many times is somebody votes, they are registered, and then when you go to the next vote they are 10 minutes, 15 minutes late. That is not…

For years, the gun violence epidemic in our country has forced us to cope with immeasurable grief and loss. Throughout America, many communities have begun to erect memorials to remember those they have lost through gun violence. These…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Obviously, in order to serve the American people and to serve their needs, we take in a lot of information--in this case, voluntary information, to determine what we can do to assist and make better…

Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the University of Maryland's Men's Lacrosse Team for winning the NCAA Division 1 championship. The Terrapins completed an historic undefeated season, winning 18 games--an NCAA record for the most…

After the horrific shooting in Uvalde where innocent children were murdered, inaction was not an option. Congress had to do something substantive to help stem the epidemic of gun violence that is scarring our communities daily. For this…