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. Without objection…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

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 6:55 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 10 a.m.

Remember, never let the urgent crowd out the important.

Concerns about the time that tax refunds are taking is probably one of the top issues I am hearing about from constituents, on a steady, steady basis.

There are eight new recommendations across five issue areas for Congress in this year's report.

I remain firmly committed to ensuring that Congress does its part to eliminate duplication, overlap, and fragmentation to achieve cost savings for taxpayers and improve program outcomes.

I was proud to once again partner with Ranking Member Paul last year to reintroduce the bipartisan Acting On the Annual Duplication Report Act.

I have introduced a bill with Senator Braun that would require agencies to identify duplicative or unnecessary programs and work with Congress to eliminate them.

I look forward to continuing to work with you on Taxpayer Right-to-Know and a number of other key bills.

Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to David LeBlanc of Nottingham, New Hampshire, who passed away on this day 6 years ago. A lifelong New Hampshire resident, David was born and raised in Manchester and worked in the line department at…

Lowering fuel costs, increasing energy efficiency, and diversifying how we heat our homes is critical for Americans and for our allies and partners.

Europe must work to end its dependence on Russian energy resources.

I think it was at the Helsinki Commission hearing this week that one of the people testifying suggested that one of the things that would be really helpful would be to have France--if France were to allow the grid interconnection to…

So what we are trying to do is to see what can we--how can we work within the market forces to see if we can identify re-routing of gas to Europe on an urgent basis and reduce the demand itself.

We are working on legislation right now to try and address some of the concerns in that region, and obviously energy is one of those big issues.

We have to be able to marry our political agenda, our policy goals with economics.

I know Ukraine, and for all that I really admire what they are doing, from an energy perspective, they have been most--one of the most energy inefficient countries in Europe.