Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I point out that my colleague from the Committee on Rules points out that we did debate this bill, S. 1301, a couple of weeks ago. But he also pointed out that there is a…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as we hear so much about this wonderful bipartisan history of this debt ceiling, I just want to point out that the last five times Republicans controlled the House…

Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that, yet again, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have chosen to operate without input from the minority. Voting for increasing the debt ceiling without proper consideration in the House is simply…

Madam President, as we await the vote this afternoon, I hope we will resolve a number of things today so that we make sure we stand by the full faith and credit of the United States and not let regular people's interest rates go up, the…

Madam President, we are all gathered here today, the group of us, to make a real case for passing the Build Back Better agenda and what it really means to people back in our home States, as Senator Whitehouse was just explaining about…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senators Merkley, Kaine, and I be able to complete our remarks prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

What I care about is that we stood united, we had a strategy, and our strategy was to govern and govern with the President of the United States, and we did it.

It`s unbelievable that they brought us to this brink. But in the end, they caved.

This is the lawyer that wasn`t following a line. He was -- your oath, and he took oath in his job. Your oath is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I literally, Chris, am a few yards away from the Senate floor because we have a series of votes tonight with Senator Blunt`s vote as well as Senator Rounds` vote, 11 Republicans. But I will note, only 11 Republicans voted with every single…

putting fire sprinklers, in my mind, at the top of that list for life safety is urgently important

I think that accountability piece of it, it is going to be really important.

I would note we have one of the lower death rates for seniors from COVID, and I think a lot of this was a coordination.

We just did, in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that we are very proud of that passed the Senate $65 billion when it came to broadband.

Thank you, Senator Lujan, for your leadership on this, as well as other issues related to getting information out to your constituents.

The pandemic has shown about how we need to connect with family and friends.

The Lifeline program provides critical connectivity for those who need it most. Informing consumers about their Lifeline eligibility is a necessary step to help close the digital divide and is clearly something we should continue doing…

We have major health care systems based in our states and one in South Dakota, obviously, Mayo in Sanford, Mayo in Minnesota.