I hope we can find ways to get these innovators in the Department so they can help us with our national security.

I hope that you will, when you are confirmed, work with us on a local basis, on the ground, instead of sending us directives from DC.

It would seem to me that the Administration could spend a good amount of its energy on stopping those jobs in Russia, which is a national security issue for us.

I really appreciate the opportunity to be in this position to work with you on this committee.

I believe it is critical that we adopt international tax and trade rules that ensure American companies can compete in a fair global market.

I strongly support private insurance so patients can choose the coverage option that best meets their needs.

The popular Medicare Advantage program that covers 24 million beneficiaries must be allowed to continue to thrive.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 50, nays 50, as follows…

this amendment simply makes permanent the individual and small business tax rate reductions and reforms from the TCJA. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the TCJA, gave American workers and families more cash in their pockets by significantly…

I bring to the floor this morning the nomination of Tony Blinken to be Secretary of State. He has been nominated, of course, by President Biden, and this is brought by Senator Menendez and me. We have had the honored privilege of working…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 3 minutes on the nomination of Tony Blinken for Secretary of State. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

along with my colleague Senator Mike Crapo, I rise today to ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the mission statement for the Citizens Committee for Election Integrity and their recommended minimum standards for fair and…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

the treaty was a one-way street. That is, we were complying but the Russians were not.