I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 304. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, December 12, at 10:30 a.m. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 12; that following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Richard E.N. Federico to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Born in Richmond, IN, Mr. Federico earned his B.A.J. from Indiana University in 1999, his J.D. from the University of…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider executive Calendar No. 305. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The…

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), and…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3460 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, December 11, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

over the weekend, I joined Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on a trip to Guatemala and Honduras. With us were Senators Merkley, Butler, Welch as well as Guatemalan-American Congresswomen Torres of California and Ramirez of Illinois. Both…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senators Lee, Sullivan, and Gillibrand. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 492, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

on a different subject matter completely, I want to explain a bill that I have introduced that is so controversial that when you go to the airport here in Washington, DC, they have billboards flashing about how dangerous this bill is. Let…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 11; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

it is pretty well-known by Members of Congress--but it bears repeating--that on October 7, an atrocity occurred. The innocent people living in Israel were attacked by Hamas terrorists. What happened during the course of that attack is not…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that Eleanor Skelly, a detailee to the Senate Judiciary Committee, be granted floor privileges until December 16, 2023. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________