Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be the next Republican amendments in order: 5316, Lee; 5418, Shelby; Motion to Commit, Tim Scott; 5263, Cruz; 5425, Daines; 5361, Ernst; 5360, Fischer; 5265, Cruz; 5385…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 3115) was…

I ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Collins amendment No. 5358 be in order following Grassley amendment No. 5421. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The junior Senator from…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments and motions be the next amendments and motions in order: 5265, Cruz; 5281, Sanders; 5385, Kennedy; motion to waive the budget with respect to insulin; Cruz motion to…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that all remaining time on the bill be yielded back; that there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to each vote with respect to the reconciliation bill; and that following the…

Mr. President, the senior Senator from Florida says we should stop our efforts on reconciliation until we put money in law enforcement. So we checked the record. When we put billions in local communities for law enforcement in the American…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 3115 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: To the Secretary of the Senate: PN2189, the nomination of…

Mr. President, this week, the U.S. Senate acted, unanimously, to honor our Nation's dedicated law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency responders by passing the Public Safety Officer Support Act, known as PSOSA. I was proud to…

Mr. President, I have read and reread the Senator from Kansas's resolution. As best I can determine, it is a declaration of war. For that reason, it should be taken very seriously. He says, in the earliest stages of the preamble, to…

Mr. President, I hope that my remarks are even less. I stand in solid support of the accession of Finland and Sweden into NATO. Just a few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to visit Lithuania. It is a country that means a lot to me and my…

Mr. President, today, the Senate will consider another highly qualified judicial nominee to the Federal bench. We will vote to confirm Judge Elizabeth Hanes to the Eastern District of Virginia. Judge Hanes currently serves as a U.S…

Madam President, this is my first day back in the Senate since I contracted COVID last week. It is good to be back, particularly for a historic week. I am grateful to the healthcare professionals and brilliant scientists who developed the…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) are necessarily absent.

Today I rise in emphatic support of H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. Over the past few weeks, survivors of the horrific shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, came to D.C. determined to make change. They teamed up with Uvalde…

I indeed rise in strong support of my bill, H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act. In the 116th Congress, we passed this legislation overwhelmingly with a vote of 272-114. So, apparently, there are a significant number of Republicans, at…