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The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
Yes. Vote on Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with amendment No. 6526.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
yesterday afternoon, Richard Shelby delivered his farewell address here in the U.S. Senate. It is difficult to think of the Senate without some of our retiring Members; it is nearly impossible to think of it without Richard Shelby. Like…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
I would argue that it is not a lawful order because the executive order required that the vaccine be fully FDA-approved. In August of 2021, the FDA did something very strange: They extended the emergency use authorization for the vaccine…
I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776 with an amendment numbered 6526. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wisconsin…
I rise to offer an amendment on behalf of myself and Senator Cruz. I want to say I appreciate Senate leadership for allowing this amendment. I appreciate, as does Senator Cruz, the conferees' willingness to consider or repeal the vaccine…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 390 Leg.] YEAS--49 Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cassidy…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 391 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet…
it is hard to believe that my friend Richard Burr is leaving Congress. He is someone I have known since my days in the House of Representatives, and we have been friends from the very beginning. So it is difficult to imagine serving in the…
last Tuesday, President Biden was asked why he wasn't taking the opportunity to visit the border while traveling to Arizona. His reply? ``Because there [is a] more important [thing] going on.'' ``[A] more important [thing] going on.'' Mr…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 389 Ex.] YEAS--70 Baldwin Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman Brown…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Padilla). Without objection, it is so ordered. Border Security
you will notice that the senior Senator from Vermont didn't talk about overall spending numbers. I would ask the President--I would ask anybody listening to these floor speeches today: Do you know how much the Federal Government spent last…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan). The result was announced--yeas 65, nays 31, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…