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. 1146 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent. The result was…

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. 1146 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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 yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 148 Ex.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 150 Leg.] YEAS--70 Alsobrooks Banks Barrasso Blackburn Booker Boozman Britt Budd…

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 145 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso Blackburn…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to make a unanimous consent request. That is a process in the Senate where we agree on things because no one disagrees--unanimous consent. I have made this request before. Senator Grassley, who is my…

Mr. President, let me take you back to January of 1985. Ronald Reagan had just begun his second term as President, and one of his policy priorities was to include the abolition of the Department of Education. What did it finally take to…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 74, nays 25, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 139 Ex.] YEAS--74 Baldwin Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, the resolution I offered today is short and straightforward. It is not complicated. It simply restates a bedrock principle of our democratic system of government that it is the responsibility…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 73, nays 25, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 138 Ex.] YEAS--73 Baldwin Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd…

I annnounce that the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 140 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), and the…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Washington (Mr. Murray), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch), are…

I was unable to be in Washington, D.C. today due to a family medical event. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 72 and YEA on Roll Call No. 73. ____________________

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. 1097 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…