Mr. President, let me thank my colleague from Virginia. Every Member of the U.S. Senate should have heard his words and, if not, read his words to understand the gravity of the decisions by the Supreme Court and the threats that have been…

I rise with my colleagues from Illinois to honor the lives and bless the memory of the seven precious people murdered in a heinous act of evil on July Fourth in Highland Park at our Independence Day Parade. As I speak now, the residents of…

This amendment in no way denigrates the many fine, overwhelming in number, vast, vast majority of fine people who serve in our military and uniformed services. But the fact is, we have had incidents, and this is, again, from that report I…

Last week, the Biden administration announced that they are cutting off the benefits for 60,000 National Guard and Reserve soldiers who do not want to take the COVID vaccine. We are losing some of our best and brightest servicemembers to…

We are hearing a lot of arguments today. My colleague on the other side talked about America at its best. Let me tell you about America at its best. Last Monday on July 4 in Highland Park, Illinois, thousands of people gathered together…

Mr. President, for the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes starting at 2:30 p.m. today. They will be on the confirmation of the Barr nomination to be Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve and the motion to invoke…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1348, insert after line 23 the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC…

I would just like for the Members on the other side to ask themselves: assume that President Trump had succeeded at his negotiations with North Koreans, that would have required a technically competent team of international inspectors…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There begin no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 4520 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

This week, we are making history as we pass the Honoring Our PACT Act and move one step closer to sending the legislation to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. The journey to this point has been long. As a member of the House…

I just want to point out that this has nothing to do with stifling the rights of companies to communicate. It does prevent them from harassing workers and preventing them from doing what they need to do. I just want to point out that there…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, add the following: SEC. 13_. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON…

Mr. President, I have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title VIII the following: SEC. 8__. PREFERENCE FOR OFFERORS THAT…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote at 2:30 p.m. on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 976. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.