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Madam President, before I begin, I want to mention the severe storms that hit eastern South Dakota last Thursday. I visited Castlewood on Saturday, which is among the communities that was hardest hit, to get a look at the damage, and it is…
Counties call on Congress to consider the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 81, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 177 Leg.] YEAS--81…
Madam President, if Democrats have made one thing clear over the past 16 months, it is that they think that the Federal Government--or maybe just Democrats--knows best. It is evident in just about everything they do. And there is pretty…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.'' The result was announced--yeas 80, nays 19, as…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis). The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 164 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…
Mr. President, for more than 70 days now, the Ukrainian people have endured--and more than endured, they fought back. They stood up to their invaders and have achieved amazing things against a superior force--superior, at least, on paper…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 165 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have voted ``nay.'' The result was…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 163 Ex.] YEAS--53 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…
Mr. President, it is National Small Business Week, a week that is set aside to honor the contributions that small businesses make to this Nation. Small businesses are an essential part of our economy. Ninety-nine percent--99 percent--of…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Florida (Mr…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their vote? The result was announced--yeas 53…
Mr. President, Monday's leak of a draft opinion in the Dobbs Supreme Court case was an unprecedented and deeply disturbing breach of confidentiality that almost always surrounds Supreme Court deliberations. It is difficult to think this…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 12, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 149 Leg.] YEAS--86 Baldwin Barrasso Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby). The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 152 Leg.] YEAS--59 Baldwin Barrasso…
Madam President, this is truly one of the more inappropriate additions that the House made to this bill: to ban the production of farming of mink for the production of fur. I have no idea why they have included it here. It makes no sense…
Madam President, I call up my motion to instruct conferees, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Johnson]…