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Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk for the President's counsel. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question is from Senator Johnson for the President's counsel: If House Managers were certain it would take months to litigate a…
I have a question for the President's counsel. The CHIEF JUSTICE. To the President's counsel: Would you please respond to the arguments or assertions the House managers just made in response to the previous question? Mr. Counsel PHILBIN…
Mr. Chief Justice, I ask for yeas and nays. The CHIEF JUSTICE. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Are there any other Senators in the…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 89, nays 10, as follows: [Rollcall…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott of Florida). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 21, as…
Mr. Speaker, this weekend will be time to burn the beetle. I am talking about the mountain pine beetle and the damage it has done to the majestic Black Hills National Forest. In recent years, that pine beetle has infected 430,000 acres in…
Mr. President, later today, the President will sign phase one of the trade agreement we are negotiating with China. Of particular importance to my State, phase one includes a pledge from China to substantially increase its imports of…
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. 3200 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 2:15 p.m. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:04 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mrs. CAPITO)…
Madam President, this week we expect to vote on a War Powers Resolution related to operations in Iran. I am pleased that the President's demonstration of strength has restored our position of credible deterrence. Some have challenged that…
Mr. President, I rise today asking the Senate to confirm the nomination of Mr. Peter Gaynor to be the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The FEMA Administrator serves as the principal adviser to the President, the…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from…
Mr. President, I rise to ask the Senate to confirm the nomination of Paul Ray to be the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget. OIRA, as this office is commonly called, is…
Madam President, I think it is safe to say that most Republicans here in the Senate expect that at some point we will be receiving Articles of Impeachment from the House of Representatives, at which time we will conduct the Senate's…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr…
Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:26 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, January 9…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.'' The…