I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1437, with amendment numbered 6541, as modified, with the changes at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report by number. The senior assistant legislative…

we find ourselves back in the same place. It is like deja vu all over again. We have been through this process year after year. I have been here 12 years, and it seems more often than not, we are in a very similar circumstance. We are just…

we will be voting in a moment on my amendment. Again, this amendment is something that everyone in this Chamber should be able to support, whether you like the omnibus or whether you hate the omnibus. The Senate should be in a position to…

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the votes in relation to H.R. 1437: Senator Lee for 5 minutes and Senator Scott for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Winston Churchill said: We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us. The men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces sign up for no small task. They join to serve their country; not for…

I ask unanimous consent that Jonathan McKernan, a detailee on the Banking Committee, be given floor privileges throughout the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Today I rise to congratulate Coach Lamar Brown and the Knoxville West High School football team on their undefeated season in the Second Tennessee Class 5A State championship. Knoxville West earned their ring at Finley Stadium in…

I am glad you are up there, but I am disappointed that the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper), my friend, has left. He is the dean of the Tennessee delegation, and he has been a good friend to me since I came to Congress. I would see…

this Friday at midnight, the government will run out of funding. That leaves us with just a few options. One, we could pass the massive, yet-to-be-drafted, Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending package, leaving the outgoing Democratic House…

I am deeply concerned about that.

I yield to the Senator from Wisconsin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.

in closing this discussion, I just want to respond to a couple of points made by my friend and colleague, the distinguished Senator from Vermont. Senator Leahy is someone I have really enjoyed working with throughout my 12 years in the…

I thank my friend from Arkansas for yielding time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of legislation to name the courthouse in honor of a good friend and a good man, the James D. Todd United States Courthouse located at 111 South…

charter schools have seen explosive growth since they first came onto the scene in 1992 as a model for education. In 1993, there were just 23 charter schools in the United States, serving a little over 6,000 students. Today, there are over…

this year, those of us at the Consumer Protection, Public Safety, and Data Security Subcommittee have spent hours working through how we deal with social media and hold them to account. And it has been a heartbreaking task of investigating…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Indeed, we do. Indeed, Mr. Scalise and Dr. Roe and I wrote the President on December 10th of last year asking if we could come and discuss with him the American Health Care Reform Act, which would be a replacement.