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Mr. President, I ask to speak for 1 minute as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Supreme Court Nominations

Mr. President, last night, former Vice President Biden said that President Trump ``hasn't lowered drug prices for anybody.'' This is false, and I hope that the news media will call out Mr. Biden for the lie. Among several other actions…

Madam President, small businesses are a very important part of the U.S. economy, so we want to recognize this week, marking the 57th anniversary of what we call National Small Business Week-- proper recognition for a big part of the…

Mr. President, I have 8 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…

Mr. President, I grew up on a family farm with modest means. As a young girl, I saw Washington, DC, as a place for men in big fancy suits and big fancy houses. While a lot has changed since that time--for one, there are a lot more women…

Madam President, quite often in our newspapers, you can read about a lot of city and State pension funds that are in trouble. There is one at the national level we have to deal with, so today I speak about the multiemployer pension system…

Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive its…

Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 8337) making continuing…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin ____________________

Madam President, last week, former Vice President Biden released his Presidential tax plan. I wish he would release the list of people he is going to put on the Supreme Court, like he said he was going to do in June. He hasn't done that…

Madam President, those on the other side of the aisle who openly say they will end the filibuster if they get the majority should have to explain why they continue to vote to filibuster important issues like police reform and COVID relief…

The people deserve to be heard. And they should be allowed to decide through their vote for the next president, the type of person that should be on the Supreme Court.

The people deserve to be heard, and they should be allowed to decide through their vote for the next president the type of person that should be on the Supreme Court. As I've stated previously, this is a reasonable approach. It is a fair…

Tonight, Senator Chuck Grassley, the former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, one of the leading proponents in 2016 of Republicans not considering President Obama's Supreme Court nominee at the time, as well as Senator Cory Gardner, one…

My position is if I were the chairman, I couldn't move forward with it.

Thank you, Senator Hoeven and Senator Fischer, as well. We have so many of our great ag State friends here on the floor today to join in this colloquy. I did grow up on a small family farm in Southwest Iowa and grew up around hogs. We have…

Well, in Iowa, the Des Moines public school district said that they were not comfortable with that. They would essentially defy the governor's order.