Parliamentary inquiry. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. State the nature of your inquiry.

Mr. President, I want to understand the effect of the gentleman from Kentucky relinquishing time. Does that mean that I would need to continue debate until the time is over; or at the time that I finish speaking, will we go to a vote?

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, this resolution shines a critical light on the lives, opportunities, and cultures lost in Iraq due to ISIS' campaign of terror. The State…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume for the purpose of closing. It is imperative that the U.S. takes this firm stance against the crimes against humanity waged by the Rapid Support Forces, their allied militias, and the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. The Department of State's passport application processing has shown welcomed improvement. The bipartisan provisions in this bill would help them make even more…

Mr. President, I would like to start by thanking Senator Warnock for letting me jump ahead in the speaking order today. I appreciate it. I am only going to take a couple of minutes. Yesterday, in the press report, apparently, I had…

Does the Senator from North Carolina have the floor? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North Carolina has the floor.

OK. Mr. President, may I make an inquiry of the lady from the State of Washington?

Mr. President, I rise-- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kentucky has the floor.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin), my good friend and fellow Michigander, the author of this important resolution.

Mr. President, I am not going to get into the debate before the floor, but I heard the city of Asheville referenced at the last debate from the gentleman from Kentucky, and I have to tell you, I am not happy with that. I sat here last week…

First, I have a parliamentary inquiry. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is to state his inquiry.

My state motto is ``Esse Quam Videri.'' That is Latin. It means ``to be rather than to seem.'' Well, ladies and gentlemen, the gentleman from Kentucky suggests that I am against clawing back the Green New Deal and certain things that my…

Mr. Speaker, I have good news and bad news to share as we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week. Let's get the bad news out of the way first. The Biden-Harris administration has taken steps that would destroy the apprenticeship model…

Is it correct that FEMA delivered aid to the state then simply absolved itself from ensuring the aid actually reached the people it was intended to help?

I am the kind of person who believes government of the people, by the people, and for the people, and I tolerate no discrimination of any kind.

If it is not doing that, how can it claim to be committed to helping people where they are?

As the only Member in Congress who has run a disaster response, run a disaster recovery, handed out billions of dollars of FEMA money, also a Democrat who worked in a Republican Administration and ran the recovery efforts for Hurricane…