Mr. President, I have a motion to commit at the desk, and I ask that it be reported. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] moves to commit the…

I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

My time is up already? I would like to have it considered, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

Mr. President, you folks on the other side of the aisle, the House Agriculture Committee voted out the bill that Senator Warnock successfully defended. That same House Agriculture Committee voted out a bipartisan bill that had the support…

Mr. President, this bill includes an $86 billion no- strings bailout of multiemployer pension plans. It does not belong in the current package. It has nothing to do with COVID. The bailout is not coupled with any reforms. Consequently…

I request a rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been requested. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the…

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 902 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes, equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, the multiemployer pension system has been in need of a major overhaul for years. More than 300 plans are critically underfunded. Moreover, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, PBGC, multiemployer insurance fund, which…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Rosen). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, this week, my Democratic colleagues are poised to push through the Senate here an untargeted and unfocused $1.9 trillion tax and spending package, and it is all being done under the guise of COVID relief. Some of it is…

Thank you to the Senator from Florida as well and for sharing his personal story and why it is so important that we have transparency on bills like this COVID package. Over the course of the pandemic, Congress has worked together…

Mr. President, before I speak, I ask unanimous consent that myself, Senator Braun, and Senator Hirono be able to complete our remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I want to compliment that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission operates a highly successful whistleblower program. As one of the Senators who led the effort to establish that whistleblower program back in 2010, I am…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1. The 2020 election and its aftermath were chaotic and harmful to our democracy. We should be working hard in this Chamber in a bipartisan way to restore faith in our electoral process. I…

Mr. President, with a one-party monopoly of Washington, DC, Democrats are back to their old spending habits. Most of the $1.9 trillion within the Democrats' ``COVID'' package has absolutely nothing to do with COVID. Unlike the previous…

I do believe we need to find ways to speed along the permitting process, of course, taking into account our values.

I hope that if given the opportunity, you will visit us in middle America, and see some of the wonderful things that we are doing in the space of green energy.