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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 28; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 1002)…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1002 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 323, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…
I was going to say ``reserving the right to object,'' but I won't go there. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of my amendment to increase funding for the Adoption Opportunities Program in the fiscal year 2022 Labor-HHS appropriations act. On any given day, 424,000 children are living in foster care in the…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the en bloc package which includes my amendment, Langevin No. 129, to the Financial Services and General Government Division. I would like to begin…
Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this amendment. We know that decades of Federal disinvestment have failed the American people. Yet, this amendment attempts to gut the seven appropriations bills included in this package that will…
The powerful are exploiting the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Bankruptcy law is complicated, but their playbook is simple.
Before closing, I want to recognize the leadership of Chair Nadler, who has pushed tirelessly to safeguard and advance the rights of workers, students, and consumers in the bankruptcy system.
Child abusers and their enablers are using the bankruptcies of the Boy Scouts of America and the Catholic dioceses to ensure that they will never have to answer for their crimes.
That is why I am proud to join Chair Nadler, Chair Maloney, Senator Durbin, and Senator Warren in introducing the Non-Debtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021.
The bankruptcy system is supposed to work for everyone, but in many cases, it works only for the powerful.
That is why today I was proud to introduce, along with Senator Warren, Senator Durbin, Chair Maloney, and Chair Cicilline, the Non-Debtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021.
I want to thank Senator Elizabeth Warren for our work together to develop this important legislation.