today, the Senate will vote to confirm Shanlyn A.S. Park to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai'i. Born in Honolulu, HI, Judge Park received her B.A., cum laude, from Chaminade University in 1991 and her J.D. from the…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Micah Smith to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Mr. Smith attended Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School before completing two prestigious clerkships--first…

We just got back from a week with family. Many of us sat around the table, and we thanked God for the family, for the children, and for the ability to have a roof over their head. Some of you remembered that your family came 100, 200 years…

I ask my colleagues to remember history. Over 80 years ago, the Greatest Generation fought the Second World War to keep tyrants from taking over the free world. They fought for freedom and democracy. Today, we must honor their sacrifice by…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Jamel Semper to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Semper attended Hampton University and Rutgers Law School before clerking for Judge Harold Fullilove on the Essex County…

I urge every single one of them to sit down with the White House and see if they can find some common ground for these nominations.

I urge every single one of them to sit down with the White House and see if they can find some common ground for these nominations.

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. 3356 To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 319 Ex.] YEAS--57 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I thought that they told me the script was for some other reason. I ask consent to withdraw the request until--I made a misstatement, and Senator Grassley and the Senator from Idaho would agree.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with Senators be permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

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 5:46 p.m., stands adjourned until Wednesday, November 29, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

the CFPB has effectively fulfilled its mission to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in financial markets.

as in legislation session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1250; that the Durbin amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to…

today, the Senate will vote to confirm Margaret M. Garnett to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ms. Garnett earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1992, her M.A. and M. Phil…

You as public officials, it is becoming very easy to clone all of your voices because once it is in the public domain, there is a data set to be able to duplicate it.

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.