I understand the purpose of such a provision would be to discourage offshoring. But as it has been described, it would have a far more expansive and severe effect.

Mr. President, I have come down to the floor multiple times in the past week to talk about the filibuster. I have talked a lot about the dangers of eliminating the filibuster, from the loss of bipartisanship to the loss of meaningful…

Mr. President, talk continues to swirl about eliminating the legislative filibuster here in the U.S. Senate. The Democratic leader has threatened that if Republicans don't vote the way he wants them to vote on legislation, eliminating the…

I do think that it is not unreasonable for us to ask for a plan to try to take care of that backlog.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). Are there any other…

I certainly hope there are enough wise and thoughtful Democrats who understand that doing away with the legislative filibuster would create a nuclear winter in the United States Senate.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 844 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 126 Ex.] YEAS--68 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr…

Mr. President, once again, we are hearing chatter from some Democratic Senators about abolishing the filibuster. I had hoped we would move on from such talk after multiple Democratic Senators pledged to uphold the filibuster but apparently…

I worked for less than the minimum wage. I work for the minimum wage. I started busing tables at $1 an hour, and then I finally made it to cook, which was big time. That was six bucks an hour.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete my remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Thune pertaining to the introduction of S. 797 are printed in…

Mr. President, social media platforms have become a pretty significant part of Americans' lives. We use them to stay up to date on news from friends and family--something that has become especially essential during the pandemic--to…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 98, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 773 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

We hear all of our separate members here in front of us all talking about the very serious challenges that we have regarding the People's Republic of China.

I spent 6 years as a utility regulator in South Dakota, a member of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 81, nays 17, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

Mr. President, last week I introduced a bill to permanently repeal the death tax. I have been pushing to repeal the death tax for a long time because I have seen the consequences the tax can have for family farms and ranches and for family…