pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget points of order for the purposes of the…

reserving the right to object, let me start by pointing out that this is a national security bill. And the reason that it is a national security bill is because--to paraphrase a famous author--the United States is engaged in a clash of…

I rise today in recognition of our colleagues who will conclude their service in this body at the end of the 118th Congress: Senators Mike Braun, Sherrod Brown, Laphonza Butler, Ben Cardin, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Joe Manchin, Mitt Romney…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Con. Res. 44. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The bill clerk read as…

I rise to express my support for the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. I am glad that we will soon be voting on final passage of the bill, and I expect it to pass with strong support. First, I would like to acknowledge…

I further ask that the concurrent resolution be agreed to; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

As the majority leader points out, the floor staff is the most important component of what we do. You have been part of this process for the last several weeks and have done a remarkable job getting us to this point, and I thank you very…

Finally, I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). The Democratic leader.

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, and Stephen King are just a few of the authors whose books have been banned from Florida public school libraries because of the censorship laws passed by extreme Republican politicians. President Eisenhower…

this is, I think, my 295th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech, with my increasingly battered graphic, which the Smithsonian has asked for as the most used graphic in Senate history, but I wouldn't let them have it until we solve the problem, so it…

Look, we should get the House Ethics report. We should get the Department of Justice files, there's precedent for getting the House Ethics report.

I think there are some Republican senators who are eager to crawl. I think there are others who are trying to keep their powder dry and stay out of trouble with Trump for as long as they can.

I rise, on behalf of myself and Senator Whitehouse, to congratulate Francis J. Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, on his upcoming retirement and to thank him for his nearly five decades of…

I think the bottom line here is that there is an element of Trump wanting to sort of subjugate Republican senators here.

Yes, I think it will in time, in order to have an effective intelligence operation protecting Americans, you have to be able to work well with our allies, particularly the legendary Five Eyes, with whom we share enormous amounts of…

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

For 40 years an unfair law has cut the Social Security benefits of millions of police officers, firefighters, first responders, public school teachers, and other government employees, even though they pay just as much into the Social…