I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. =========================== NOTE…

Madam President, this last Friday, we learned that U.S. employers added another 428,000 new jobs in the month of April. The unemployment rate is down to 3.6 percent, which is just about what it was before the pandemic struck. April marked…

Mr. President, yesterday the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point, the biggest rate hike in 22 years. The effort is underway to stop inflation. For millions of American families who are struggling to pay their…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 4155 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, last week, my staff found a photo from a congressional trip I made to Eastern Europe in 1991. In one of the photos, I was standing in front of a wall. There is a message on the wall painted in big letters. It reads…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I have 12 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 announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, Tom Oakley was a man with a mission. His mission was to put Quincy and Western Illinois on the map. The only sure way to do that was to personally redraw the maps. So he did. In the late 1950s, there was not a four-lane…

Madam President, Americans across the country today woke up to a rare occurrence in the history of our American democracy. The highest Court in our land is preparing to eliminate a federally protected constitutional right--a woman's right…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, let me just close by saying that last week, the Senate did a great job filling another critical law enforcement vacancy in Chicago. We confirmed Oak Park Police Chief LaDon Reynolds to be our Northern District's next U.S…

Madam President, over the past 2 years, our understanding of healthcare and good health practices has changed. The pandemic revealed we cannot limit the delivery of care to the hospital or the doctor's office. We need to reach out…