The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if…

Mr. Speaker, I will begin by thanking Ranking Member Cheney and Congresswoman Haaland for their support and for their warm words of support for this measure. They are right. H.R. 895 is about fairness; it is about equity; and it is about…

The following Senators were necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from…

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. 4616 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).

Madam President, South Dakota's veterans and the Hot Springs community are currently celebrating the VA's announcement that it has begun the process of rescinding its order to close the Hot Springs VA facility. This was a hard-fought…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 1:30 p.m. be allowed to start at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Johnston…

Madam President, in the beginning of September, the Congressional Budget Office issued its latest budget outlook. The news wasn't good. CBO announced that next year our country's debt is projected to exceed the amount of our gross domestic…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito).

Reserving the right to object. On behalf of my colleague Senator Lee, who cannot be here to object on his own because he is chairing an Energy subcommittee hearing, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from…

The same person they are saying is just this dangerous Russian agent, they were using extensively throughout the Obama administration to set up contacts. He actually had the ability to go to meetings in the White House, and he attended…

Mr. President, a quick response because in my other paper here, I did not have the full quote from John Ratcliffe. I would like to read it now. This is referring to the intelligence product that senior Democratic leaders created, leaked to…

Let me continue. The most recent example is a letter and classified addendum created by senior Democratic leaders that accused Senator Grassley and me of relying on foreign disinformation. This ``intelligence product,'' which was full of…

I appreciate the warning. I don't think I did that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

Mr. President, I reserve the right to object. I want to first point out--I want to thank the previous Presiding Officer for pointing out the fact that if this is not a violation of rule XIX, it is coming pretty darn close. What you just…

Madam President, last week, Leader McConnell called up a bill to the floor of the U.S. Senate. It was a coronavirus relief bill, which included a number of components that both sides had agreed needed to be in any coronavirus relief bill…

Mr. President, I would say, through the Chair, to my colleague from Alaska that that is absolutely the case. I don't think there is any question but that, if the legislative filibuster is done away with in a future Senate--and, again…