According to an analysis of President Biden's first year in office, this administration has issued regulations that will cost $201 billion of additional regulations and add 131 million hours in annual paperwork.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 4235 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by…

Mr. President, I have eight 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 ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 346, S. 533. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 533) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 465, S. 4057. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 4057) to…

Mr. President, 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…

I further ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.

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. 764, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 7500, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill…

Mr. President, I ask for a third reading, and I know of no further debate on the bill. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the bill having…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is, Shall the bill, as amended, pass? The bill (S. 4057), as amended, was passed.

Mr. President, 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 6:06 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 10 a.m…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, September 15, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 1137, 1138, and 1108; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or…

Mitch McConnell himself has said that, that that’s where they’re headed. That’s what they would do if they took over the U.S. Senate and the House. And people should make no mistake about that.