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I would like to say a word, if I could, about the nature of my objection. It has been now almost a year since the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul in Afghanistan, almost a year since we lost 13 American servicemembers in that tragic attack…

We must ensure that the general aviation community has the tools and resources that it needs to flourish for decades to come.

A parliamentary question, Mr. President: Do I have the floor when I respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has yielded for a question. So he has the floor.

But I am not asking the question. He is asking me the question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. But you were the one who yielded to the Senator from Virginia for a question. So you still maintain the floor.

I would like to have a cloture vote and a recorded vote. I would like to observe regular order on each of these, unless we can make some progress on having a public hearing on this report. That is my position at this time. Again, I am not…

I want to join with my five colleagues who have been here today and the two people who were with us, Senator Durbin and Senator Fischer. I would say one of the great things about this effort was the unanimous feeling that all seven of us…

No, I have yielded the floor. My remarks were concluded. So the Senator has the floor. I am happy to respond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator yield for a response?

Our Nation's aviation industry cannot thrive unless our Nation's general aviation community also thrives.

Despite the wrong information provided by my colleagues on the other side, there are state laws that prosecute people for performing their own abortions.

Federal legislators have an obligation, all of us who chose, who signed up to take care of the full, to serve, to represent, the full--.

Wow. You’re saying that I’m opening up people to violence by asking whether or not women are the folks who can have pregnancies?

You have referred to people with a capacity for pregnancy. Would that be women?

St. Louis and I thank you, Chairwoman Maloney for convening this urgent, urgent hearing.

It is clear that our existing financial system wasn't built for us.

For every dollar lent into majority White neighborhoods, only 13 cents goes to Hispanic neighborhoods like mine.

I do object to them, Senator. Are you asking me if I object to having a vote on them? Or are you asking me if I object to them?

Well, that was the one thing that I wanted to point out.