Thank you. I first want to acknowledge this extraordinary moment in the history of the Senate. I believe you have been holding the floor now for more than 10 hours, and perhaps we will go on even longer. You have been joined by your…

They don't have the well-being of the American people at their heart. What I would love to hear from the Senator from New Jersey is, would you agree that what we should be doing right now is not attacking farmers and cutting commodity…

Thank you. I think the issue of contracts is especially important because so much of these cuts are claimed to cut waste in government spending. But we have a law on the books that says if we don't make payments according to existing…

Thank you, Senator Booker, for taking this important stand and for doing so much to make it clear how much pain Donald Trump and Elon Musk are inflicting on the American people in every sector of our society. I am going to be asking you a…

I don't know what kind of food you eat on that vegan diet of yours, but I need to figure out more of that vegan diet. One place where we can and do care that unites us as a nation is the role of our Nation's veterans, the heroes who have…

Thank you for what you have said. John McCain was a true hero. He said the same thing to me when I first met him. I do have a question for you, which will come later, but I thought I would tell you the story of how I met John McCain. I was…

I would like to ask the Senator from New Jersey a question pertaining to the farm bill. You speak to uncertainty. One of the things I heard from my agricultural sector and my farmers, the Farm Bureau in Illinois, is that desperate need to…

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. 1210 Be it enacted by the Senate and House 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. 1193 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 155 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso…

Mr. President, some people come to Congress to check a box, collect a credential, and then head to where the big bucks are: lobbying firms. For others, working as a Capitol Hill staffer is part of a lifetime of public service. Kevin Cronin…

Mr. President, the State of the Union Address was quite a performance by President Trump. Maybe one of the highlights of humor was when he focused on the Social Security Administration. Remember what he told us? There were 4.7 million…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for 10 minutes and that Senator Merkley be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I welcome the opportunity to celebrate Larry Huggins' incredible contributions to Illinois and Chicago. Larry is a trailblazer. At a time when Black people were discouraged from construction jobs, Larry founded a construction company that…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague from Maryland for his excellent presentation. This is an issue which people with little money in the bank never think about. People who are living paycheck to paycheck don't have a big savings…

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 146 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso…

Mr. President, the Senate will soon vote on the nomination of Aaron Reitz, President Trump's nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. Simply put, Mr. Reitz's nomination is a danger to the rule of law. At his…

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 147 Ex.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…