Mr. President, I rise today to sound the alarm on the national security threat that corruption represents and to echo the determination President Biden made earlier this year that corruption constitutes a core national security threat to…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is our debt. It is America's debt. Now, I agree with the chairman of the Rules Committee that some of this debt clearly accumulates from tax cuts, cutting our revenue before we cut our…

Mr. President, I rise today to sound the alarm on the national security threat that corruption represents and to echo the determination made earlier this year by President Biden that corruption constitutes a core national security threat…

Madam President, I would like to bring to the attention of colleagues the recent passing of long-time U.S. diplomat George Southall Vest, III, a long-time resident of Bethesda, MD. He was 102 years old. His career with the State Department…

Madam President, I rise today in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate our Hispanic and Latino communities and their immeasurable contributions to our Nation. Hispanic and Latinos have been with our country since its very…

Madam President, I am here to talk about the President's Build Back Better agenda and its importance to our country. We have heard a lot over the last couple of months about the new jobs that that plan will bring. It is estimated by…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Cortez Masto). Without objection, it is so ordered. Build Back Better Agenda

Let me thank Senator Hirono for her comments, and I also thank Senator Padilla for his comments. I have never gone through something like this before, where the Republicans are breaking a quorum after they have already voted a nominee for…

Mr. President, in a few moments, I am going to make a unanimous consent request in regard to Dilawar Syed to be the Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Let me give you a little bit of background on Mr. Syed's…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be discharged from further consideration of PN231, the nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration; that at a…

Mr. President, let me just repeat a comment. I know Senator Hirono is on the floor, and I want to give her an opportunity to speak on this, but let me make this clear. The affiliate rules that are used by the Small Business Administration…

I thank the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for yielding. As you can tell, he is a good friend of mine, and he uses hyperbole in introducing me. I appreciate that. The ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee just made a…

First I want to thank probably the most knowledgeable Member of Congress about infrastructure in this country and our needs, Mr. DeFazio, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He and his committee, Mr. Speaker…

I thank Chairwoman Wild very much for her kind words. I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass my bill to extend the work of the National Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking so, together, we can complete the Commission's…

As I said, the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Finance have worked on revenues to pay for what we are going to buy so that we do not create additional debt. That is my view, that they continue to have that intention. There…

The Budget Committee is going to take it up tomorrow. They don't need a CBO score for that. The Budget Committee chairman is seeking a CBO score as soon as that can be attained, but I don't know that particular date that that will occur…

I don't know the status of those bills. I will check on the status of those bills. Let me say, Mr. Speaker, there is a tragedy occurring at our border. There are people in grievous circumstances and in unbearable danger in their home…

Well, obviously, the government funding authority ends on September 30 at midnight, the end of the fiscal year, and it would be our intention to deal with whatever bill the Senate sends back to us-- if, in fact, they do not take our…