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

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Florida (Mr…

Tax reform cut taxes for families, doubled the Child Tax Credit, and nearly doubled the standard deduction.

Tax reform also improved the business environment for U.S. manufacturers.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). The yeas and nays…

Mr. President, I voted for a number of President Biden's nominees--his nominee for Treasury Secretary, for Defense Secretary, for Attorney General, for Director of National Intelligence, for Agriculture Secretary, and others. These…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 117 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

Mr. President, before I begin, I want to take a moment to express my sadness about Senator Blunt's announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2022. He has been a leader within our conference ever since he came over to the Senate, and…

Mr. Speaker, Glenna Fouberg was a force of nature. Her list of accomplishments makes that clear. She made real and lasting contributions to at-risk youth, the board of education, the Indian Education Summit, Teach for America, YMCA…

Thanks for holding the hearing to discuss the role producers play in environmental stewardship, conserving our resources, and sequestering carbon, all while continuing to feed a growing population.

At the same time, you have both Russia and China, as you have indicated, both looking at our very open society and the way that we not only are self-critical, which is appropriate, where we try to make ourselves a more perfect union.

We can be way more efficient and there is a lot of spectrum out there that are currently in the hands of Government agencies.

Responsible and effective spectrum management between NTIA and the FCC has enormous consequences for the United States' ability to compete with China.

I think the most recent conversations that have been going on here, I think, are getting to the heart of something that we should discuss in more detail with regards to those countries who we would love to have join the group of…

They look at the United States as someone, an organization that they would love to have as an ally, as a friend, as a partner in business, and working in humanitarian efforts as well.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 93 Leg.] YEAS--49 Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cassidy…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 94 Leg.] YEAS--52 Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Casey…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as…