Well, if we can just keep really close on this because, again, people want to make the investments.

urging the Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea

I think it is worth noting for the record that we do have some seeming inconsistencies here when we are asking those in Europe, Germany most notably, that keep away from Russia and yet in just this past few months here, we've seen an…

So we're going to keep pushing on ANWR and following the law which is that those leases will move forward.

we think that we can have a more robust presence and a presence that lends the credibility and the stature that the Arctic demands

To be making a decision for the short-term political gain at the expense of understanding and acknowledging what was in front of us on January 6th. I think we need to look at that critically.

This was an attack on our Capitol designed to stop, to stop a process that has been in play for a century plus. So we just can’t pretend that nothing bad happened, or that people just got too excitable. Something bad happened. And it’s…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Michelle Blackwell

we are in a bit of a lull here, so whenever there is a lull in Senate activity, it is one of those moments and times when you think about those who have contributed to those of us who serve here in the Senate--staff who have been with us…

I want to commend my colleagues for the important work that everybody is doing down here on the Senate floor, bipartisan work, addressing one of the most important challenges we have as a nation. Not just today but for years this challenge…

The definition of advanced energy technology, which is in the bill, the Endless Frontier Act, and is defined in 42 USC 18632 is along the following lines. It says ``Definitions,'' ``advanced energy technology'' means an ``innovative…

with all due respect to my colleague from Washington, when the universities say they can't do this because it is too burdensome, again, to me that actually demonstrates the very problem my simple amendment is trying to resolve. All it is…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 51, as…

for decades, even centuries, America's universities have been the envy of the world and one of America's biggest comparative advantages. At their best, they are hubs for innovative thinking, places where free exchange of ideas are not only…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1911

I just want to echo the comments of Senator Cramer.

The tremendous time, effort and resource investment that communities have to undertake in order to implement Native language projects.

Know that the emphasis that we are placing on Native languages is so critically important.