I appreciate the opportunity to engage my friend and colleague, the distinguished chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a distinguished lawyer in his own right. This is his wheelhouse. I appreciate the question because I think it…

And still I rise, Mr. Speaker, and still I rise. Today, I would like to do something just a bit different. I have stood here on many occasions and said that I love my country, that I salute the flag. I still love my country and salute the…

As you can see, there is just not enough time to speak on these issues. Mr. Speaker, as we go into a number of religious holidays, which brings us together around peace, faith, and harmony, I want us to recognize that racism is raising its…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 51, as…

And my motion is to change that so that we can actually debate the law, as Senators care what the Constitution and law says. I therefore move that the Senate proceed to closed session to allow for deliberation on the question as required…

I rise to make a motion. The majority leader has argued that Secretary Mayorkas's defiance of Federal immigration law, an act in aiding and abetting of the worst criminal invasion in our Nation's history, does not constitute a high crime…

The theme that we are talking about right now is a complete overturning of a maximum pressure campaign on Iran from 2017 through the end of 2020. In 2021, we began a new theme, and that theme was appeasement: appeasement of Iran…

parliamentary inquiry. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will state his inquiry.

I inquire whether the actions we take today are creating a precedent on impeachments that would apply to all future impeachment actions in the Senate, including an impeachment of the President of the United States. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

Americans do not need to read between the lines to understand that this pause is a political decision in an election year to shore up an election base.

the Biden Administration's announcement of a pause on LNG, liquefied natural gas, exports to non-free trade agreement countries, which appears to be nothing more than electioneering and a bending of the knee to the leftist environmental…

the Administration is undermining our country's national security and energy independence.

It was a shock on January 26 to hear the President announce his, what I think he is calling a pause, but what the industry is calling a ban on LNG exports to non-free trade agreement countries.

I am sorry to say that my friend from Kansas is not wrong. In the 237 years of our Nation's history, I don't know that there has been a more shameful day in the U.S. Senate than today. What we just witnessed was a travesty. It was a…

the fact that it has gone on now for months is something that is very perplexing, and this is the reason for the hearing.

I thank the distinguished ranking member of the full Financial Services Committee for yielding, and I thank the chairman of the full committee as well for giving me the opportunity to raise concerns and to say that we all stand with our…

The Iran Counterterrorism Act would require the President to obtain a congressional resolution of approval before waiving certain sanctions on Iran. This would cause us to have greater deliberation with the President. Mr. Speaker, I rise…

We will need millions of new direct care workers in a few years given our aging population.