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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. 4324 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Mr. President, before I begin, I want to express my sorrow at the terrible shooting in Texas on Tuesday that claimed the lives of 2 teachers and 19 schoolchildren. Like a lot of Americans, I cannot imagine the anguish these children's…
Mr. President, let me first also express my condolences and associate myself with the comments of the Senator from Texas. The tragedy is horrific. It is hard to think of anything more awful than what happened in Texas and in other schools…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Ohio…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 48, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…
As chairman of Homeland Security, I have passed more than 300 pieces of legislation out of committee, and over 130 of those became law. Very few of those--almost none--were partisan in any way, shape, or form. The approach I used to have…
I thank the Senator from Florida for those comments. I just want to again emphasize the fact that I just spoke with Max and Gina and Tom. These are parents of children who lost their lives in a school shooting. These are parents that have…
Madam President, today America grieves. There is nothing partisan about being a parent and grandparent. I cannot imagine--I cannot imagine--the grief felt by the parents of those children. Unless you have experienced it, none of us can…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 47…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 48…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Arkansas (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the…