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Madam President, let me join the majority leader in best wishes to our colleague Chris Van Hollen. It came as a surprise this morning, but we are heartened by the news that he is recovering, and we hope he will be back with us very, very…
I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Trone) that the House suspend the rules and pass…
Madam President, 1 million deaths--unbelievable. But this week, it became very, very real. One million of our fellow Americans now have died from COVID, 1 million parents, grandparents, siblings, children, friends, neighbors. That is more…
I thank my sister and my colleague, Congresswoman Maloney, for taking the lead always on issues to protect women's rights. I want to declare right now that women are not going back. Women will not tolerate being second-class citizens. I…
I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 175 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…
I stand in honor of veterans across this country, in Illinois, and, of course, in my Eighth District of Illinois which I represent. I salute veterans for their bravery, their courage, their sacrifice, and their patriotism. I wish to honor…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 627, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution being agreed to; that the Murphy amendment at the desk to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 552. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…
Pursuant to S. Res. 27, the Judiciary Committee being tied on the question of reporting, I move to discharge the Committee on the Judiciary from further consideration of the nomination of Charlotte N. Sweeney, of Colorado, to be U.S…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 628, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S…
Mr. President, last week, Americans woke up to the news that was perhaps not unexpected but still stunning. It appears that in a matter of weeks, we may soon live in a country where women have fewer constitutional rights than their parents…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote on the motion to discharge the Sweeney nomination occur at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, May 11, and that the cloture motions filed during yesterday's session of the Senate ripen…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 594. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…
I know of no further debate on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 627) was agreed to.
I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preamble was…
Mr. President, my older daughter, Abigail--named for Abigail Adams, who urged her husband to ``remember the ladies''--is 7. She is generous, silly, and so, so smart. She calls herself a maker-kid and dreams of being an engineer or an army…