I strongly encourage the administration to fill this role as soon as possible.

I intend to submit a couple of questions for the record.

today I rise to thank Belle Lunders, one of my constituents, for sharing the significance of Trisomy 13 awareness. I ask unanimous consent that her statement regarding Trisomy 13 be submitted to the Congressional Record. There being no…

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. 2437 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

today I recognize Tanner Hauck, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Tanner is a graduate of Lincoln High School in Sioux…

today I recognize Kylee Van Egdom, an intern in my Aberdeen, SD, office, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Kylee is a graduate of Sioux Falls Christian High…

today I recognize Samuel Silvernagel, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Samuel is a recent graduate of the University…

today I recognize Rachel Schoon, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Rachel is from Brandon, SD, where she graduated a…

today I recognize Steven Meyer, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Steven is a recent graduate of Northern State…

inflation is on the rise. Inflation in June was at its highest level in 13 years. Consumers are facing the effects: higher prices. Americans are facing increases in rent, in their restaurant bills, in their grocery bills, gas prices, and…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Florida…

last week, I came down to the floor to discuss how the ``defund the police'' movement has contributed to the surging crime we see around the country. And as I noted, the Democratic Party bears a substantial degree of responsibility to the…

it has been all political theater all the time lately as the Democrats attempt to manufacture a crisis that will allow them to pass their partisan Federal takeover of State election law. There was President Biden's overwrought speech in…

I ask unanimous consent that Senators Cornyn, Grassley, and I be allowed to complete our remarks before the scheduled rollcall votes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse). The result was announced--yeas 63, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 267 Ex.] YEAS--63 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). The result was announced--yeas 72, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 264 Ex.] YEAS--72 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr…

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete my remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

it didn't take long. Just a year since ``defund the police'' became a rallying cry and cities started cutting money from police budgets, crime is surging. At the beginning of June, the New York Times reported: Homicide rates in large…