last week, I gave a long, detailed speech on the topic that was at hand last week and is the topic, right now, that we are focusing on here in the U.S. Senate: voting rights and the majority leader's goal this week, as it was last week, to…

I want to commend my colleague from Wyoming Senator Barrasso, who has been a leader on so many of these issues, and Senator Cruz on his bill, this important piece of legislation that we are going to be voting on here in a couple hours…

There is no other State in the country that is getting this kind of focus on shutting down Alaska, ignoring the Native people.

Here is a little bit of what this article says: [President Biden] has assailed Georgia's new voting laws as an atrocity akin to ``Jim Crow in the 21st century. . . . But even once the GOP-passed measure [in Georgia] takes effect, Georgia…

I want to congratulate the North Dakota Senators, my colleagues, on the great job with their football team. ``Go Bison!'' Well done, North Dakota.

If Joe Biden had a Republican administration that came in on year one and issued 21 executive actions against Delaware, he would be as mad as I am.

This is just very difficult for my constituents to have to deal with. And I think it is unfair.

I ask unanimous consent that Maya Becker, a fellow with my staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

there has been a lot of discussion on the floor, certainly today and the days leading up to this, as we talk about the importance of protecting minority rights here in the Senate and the consequences of weakening the legislative filibuster…

There was an effort, there was a concentrated effort and we're learning more day by day through this Commission, I wish it had been a Commission that was wholly sanctioned by the whole Congress rather than just a majority of Democrats, but…

I am still getting thank yous for those.

They are quite concerned about the mandate that requires testing of unvaccinated employees.

I think here in the Senate, so many of us have the privilege to occasionally host military fellows, congressional military fellows, and I would like to take just a minute here to recognize the great work of a former member of my staff, Air…

Oh, my goodness, my soul. Mr. President, may I strike that erroneous introduction?

I thank my dear friend from Delaware--always Delaware--but truly a friend; a friend on many different issues, but a man whom I have come to know is motivated not by the politics of what goes on in this body but by the passion and his…

I would like to recognize a member of my staff, Erin Stuart, who left the office in July to attend law school at Marquette University. This is an exciting time in Erin's life and all of us with Team Sullivan want to thank her for her…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes and Senator Menendez for up to 5 minutes before the scheduled rollcall votes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. (The…

I ask my friend and colleague from Illinois, who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, if he could actually work with us--I have already reached out to him and some other Democrat Senators--on this very reasonable request. He has…