Why should this Congress continue to add more and more money to the defense top line in the meantime if it can't be audited, if there is no accountability?

It boggles my mind. There is no accountability there.

I shudder to think what would have happened had we not passed the American Rescue Plan and it has saved lives and it has saved livelihoods.

It is a real shame and disgrace that you all aren't working together.

I appreciate the longstanding friendship I have with my friend and distinguished colleague, the Senator from Illinois. I know he has no objection to passing this bill in this fashion. In fact, it was after a long negotiation process…

It is quite frankly the only cabinet agency not to pass an audit.

I rise again today in support of the bipartisan State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act. This is an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill. In fact, 99 Senators support passing this bill. Only one--oddly, the lead cosponsor of this bill--has…

the Biden administration has made a name for itself in attacking the very institutions that they were sworn to protect. If you look at what is happening outside Washington right now, you can see the ripple effects of this institutional…

I think that should be completely out of bounds. It also may be illegal.

I am deeply concerned about this.

The doublespeak here is shocking, but the motivation I think is clear, it is to inflame. I think it is shameful.

What is the rule for having a vote not be done by voice vote but have to go to the floor for a recorded vote? Is it not a majority of the group necessary to have a hearing? The majority of a quorum, it is 20 percent of the quorum, I…

the basic purpose and function of the U.S. Constitution is to protect the American people from the dangerous accumulation of power at the hands of the few. You see, that kind of protection is necessary to make us free. In that respect, it…

with the President of the United States soon to be departing on his first Asia trip, I rise to speak today about U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific, an area of the world that I know very well, having served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan prior…

I want everyone to vote in favor of this legislation and not to go to the extraordinary efforts of having to have the yeas and nays, and I yield back the balance of my time.

On demand? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion are postponed. ____________________

My understanding is the rules require 20 percent of a quorum to be present to request and have a vote be done by the yeas and nays. Is that not accurate? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and…

For collegiality purposes, I ask to withdraw the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is withdrawn. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 18, 2022, on page H5120, in the second column, the following…