I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled votes commence. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

it is timely that I should be giving my ``Time to Wake Up'' speech with the distinguished Senator from Louisiana presiding because I am going to be talking about sea level rise, and seeing him in the chair reminds me of a recent report on…

America's opioid crisis is far from resolved. According to the American Medical Association, over 40 states have reported an increase in opioid overdose deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Despite the steady decrease in opioid…

The staff in the hospitals are exhausted, emergency rooms are overflowing and staff shortages are becoming a real issue.

as I begin my remarks, let me thank my friend Senator Lankford for his eloquent comments about our veterans and those who have served and given their lives for us. I am here with my trusty and battered ``Time to Wake up'' graphic because…

good morning to you. You stand watches everywhere. We are here, in part, because of a Supreme Court nomination, but we are here also because of a Supreme Court process that has turned foul in a considerable number of ways. I would like to…

I rise today to express my strong opposition to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate has never confirmed a Supreme Court nominee while a…

I would just add, that was not what Senator Daines or anybody else on the Republican side said at the time. I was here at the time, and what was said at the time, particularly by Senator Daines is ``I don't think it's right to bring a…

I will shortly ask to have a quorum call by noting the absence of a quorum, but before I do that, I wanted to point out just one issue of vocabulary, if you will, which is that the definition of ``court packing'' has actually two operative…

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island

I just want to make sure that the record of the Senate is clear here. Democrats don't just decry dark money spending; Democrats have, over and over again, sought to end it. I know this because I was the floor leader on the DISCLOSE Act…

Reserving the right to object, I would open with the observation that--well, let me start by saying that in one of the great plays in our language, the opening began with the observation that ``something is rotten in the state of…

given the time, I will reserve the other unanimous consents I have. I understand that we are going to close, and we are close to that time. So I appreciate Senator Scott's coming to the floor to respond to those, but I yield back. The…

today I am pleased to introduce the Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Seniors Act with Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. It is critical that a future COVID-19 vaccine be made available to Medicare beneficiaries with no…

Go ahead, Senator. I just wanted to see if we are going into the vote now, and, if so, whatever procedural steps you needed to take us into the vote, but I yield to the Senator from Maine. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

I had the chance to hear Chairman Inhofe's remarks. I speak for many of us when I offer my appreciation for his chairmanship of the Armed Services Committee, for his commitment to our troops, and, in my case, particularly, for the great…

I do want to say that we are here at a time when the Republican Party is jamming yet another nominee through bizarre procedural practices onto the Supreme Court. We have examined in the Judiciary Committee some of the ways in which the…

today I am introducing the Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2020 along with my colleague Senator Whitehouse. This legislation seeks to address a longstanding inequity in our Nation's fisheries management system which denies Rhode…