By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 431 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 431 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Jim Kurth for his 41 years of public service and congratulate him on his recent retirement. On May 7, 1978, Mr. James Kurth was hired by the U.S. Forest Service as a biological technician having…

The Republicans held up consideration of a disaster bill that we passed in January. Now, this dealt with natural disasters, not the humanitarian crisis at the border. I understand that. We passed that Monday ultimately because the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me deal with the question of the supplemental, first. There is a humanitarian crisis at the border. We need to deal with it. The President came down with a request some two-plus weeks ago.

Mr. President, later today, I will be leaving with many other Senators on an official trip to Normandy, France, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the D-day invasion, also known as Operation Overlord. I consider it a high honor to be…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Very frankly, the person who rejected the premise that this matter was over was Robert Mueller in a relatively short press conference in which he answered no questions, but he clearly demonstrated…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, of course, there was no budget last year. There was a budget that was passed in the latter part of the year before, but that was for reconciliation purposes so that Republicans could pass…

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the Republican whip, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the House will meet at 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday and…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. More than that, I thank her for the thousands of hours that she has put in over the years in trying to address in a positive, constructive way our broken immigration system and for her leadership in…

Madam President, I oppose the nomination of Andrew Saul to be Commissioner of Social Security. I am deeply concerned about the treatment of unions who represent workers at the Social Security Administration, and Mr. Saul declined to give…

Mr. President, I rise to address a matter that I believe should alarm every Member of this Senate, regardless of party, and that is the President's and the executive branch's increasing use of declared emergency powers to seize powers that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Marli Pasternak, a member of my staff, during today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I thank Senator Collins for arranging for us to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage here in the Senate. I thank my colleague Senator Feinstein for working together so that we all have a chance…

I asked to be recognized before the gentleman objected. Do I not have precedence of recognition? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky objected to the request. ____________________

Reserving the right to object. I, of course, will not object, and I urge my friends in this body not to object. I urge them not to object because millions of people are at risk. This bill, passed in January to the Senate, which we passed…

Reserving the right to object, Madam Speaker. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 28, 2019, on page H4173, the following appeared: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the…

Mr. President, I was necessarily absent but, had I been present on May 16, 2019, would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 116, the confirmation of Jeffrey A. Rosen, to be Deputy Attorney General. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent…

Mr. President, media outlets have begun reporting that President Trump is looking into granting pardons to certain military personnel who have been convicted of committing war crimes in both Iraq and Afghanistan. If these reports are true…