Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern Olivia Geveden be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

It is National Apprenticeship Week. In Oregon and around the country, registered apprenticeships and pre- apprenticeships are helping people access good-paying jobs, improving economic security, and increasing opportunities for women…

Mr. President, Canadian historian Michael Bliss wrote in his 1982 book, ``The Discovery of Insulin,'' that ``[w]ith insulin, the stone was rolled away, and diabetes became a matter of the quality of life, not speed of death.'' For…

Madam President, I am honored to join my colleague who has led this battle for the vision of the For the People Act that will restore the ``we the people'' democratic republic. Here we are on the floor of the Senate. It is an institution…

Mr. President, I am deeply saddened to hear the news on Monday of the death of our former colleague, Kay Hagan. She is the sister, the wife, and the aunt of Navy veterans; daughter- in-law to a two-star Marine Corps general; daughter of a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Antonio Pena Anaya, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy, and I appreciate his words. Mr. Speaker, for years, we have danced around this. It is complex with the Turks, in terms of the relationship that we have tried to deal with. But denying genocide has not…

I include in the Record letters of support from AARP supporting H.R. 4334, a letter from the Jewish Federation of North America supporting H.R. 4334, a letter from the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer's Impact Movement supporting…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in support of H.R. 728, the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act and to highlight the importance of title VIII programs, a critical lifeline for America's nursing workforce and…

Mr. President, thank you and a huge thanks to my colleague for not just deferring to me to make comments, which I am going to make very brief, but also for the leadership of the subcommittee and the bipartisan work. It is the way the…

Madam President, I understand that several of our colleagues today have been on the Senate floor calling for an immediate vote on the President's new North American Free Trade Agreement. Setting aside the fact that there have not yet been…

Mr. President, I want to make sure the Senate and the country understand what this debate is all about. Senate Republicans have been writing letters to the Department of Treasury saying that the Treasury SALT rule hurts their State…

Mr. President, I am going to be brief because I just think it is so critical to respond to the comments my colleague has made. The first argument was that, on this side of the aisle, people really aren't interested in election security…

Mr. President, I will be making a unanimous consent request to move the SAFE Act in just a couple of moments. This is legislation that Senator Klobuchar and I have teamed up on for quite some time. It basically incorporates the three…

Madam President, our colleagues, Senator Warner and Senator Murray, have come to the floor over the course of the day to speak about the importance of protecting Americans who have preexisting health conditions, and I want to see if I can…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy and his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, it is a breath of fresh air for us in these sort of, shall we say, troubled times in our Nation's Capital, when there is so much discord and disagreement…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent for my intern, Allie Kirchoff, to have privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I come to the floor today to recognize Kaitlin Gaffney, a longtime member of my Senate team who, after nearly 11 years, is leaving to start a new chapter in her life. Kaitlin has been a key part of Team Merkley since our…