Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 1120 and 1059; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 784, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4553)…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4900)…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 453, H.R. 4693. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:59 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 10 a.m…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 4552 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I listened to the Republican minority leader, Senator McConnell, speak on the floor this morning. I have to tell you, on the issue of immigration, there are several things which he said which are not accurate and that I…

I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.

I ask unanimous consent that the bills, en bloc, be considered read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon table, all en bloc. PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4552)…

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

Mr. 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 order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Illinois.

In closing, I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam President, 2\1/2\ years ago, a native of my home State of Illinois and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mark Frerichs, was abducted by the Taliban or one of its affiliates in Afghanistan. He was working there as a contractor, and his…

I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily absent.