Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for up to 6 minutes of debate equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Wisconsin.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 390 Leg.] YEAS--49 Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cassidy…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 391 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet…

Madam President, it is hard to believe that my friend Richard Burr is leaving Congress. He is someone I have known since my days in the House of Representatives, and we have been friends from the very beginning. So it is difficult to…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 389 Ex.] YEAS--70 Baldwin Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman Brown…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan). The result was announced--yeas 65, nays 31, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

Mr. President, you will notice that the senior Senator from Vermont didn't talk about overall spending numbers. I would ask the President--I would ask anybody listening to these floor speeches today: Do you know how much the Federal…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Padilla). Without objection, it is so ordered. Border Security

Mr. President, last Tuesday, President Biden was asked why he wasn't taking the opportunity to visit the border while traveling to Arizona. His reply? ``Because there [is a] more important [thing] going on.'' ``[A] more important [thing]…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kansas (Mr…

Was he a factor? I don't think there's any question about that. Because a lot of the candidates that had problems in these elections were running on the 2020 election being stolen. And I don't think independent voters were having it.

Madam President, we all just had the opportunity to hear from our colleague--somebody who I am really going to miss--with his final remarks here on the Senate--well, I don't think his final remarks but certainly his, I guess you call it…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 32, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 384 Ex.] YEAS--64 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The yeas and nays…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 385 Ex.] YEAS--57 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 383 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 60, nays 34, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 382 Ex.] YEAS--60 Baldwin Bennet…