The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea.''

after a few weeks of working remotely to help flatten the coronavirus curve, we are back in Washington to continue our coronavirus response and address other important issues. It has been an incredibly difficult couple of months for our…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). Further, if present and voting, the…

I cannot stress how important it is that we continue to get assistance to our agricultural producers.

This is outrageous. Nevada currently is ranked 43rd out of 50 States in the amount of money that we have received from PPP.

Our recovery, which will take place over time, will be much more successful and will happen more rapidly because those businesses kept their employees on the payroll during this difficult time.

We have left too many organizations on the outside of PPP looking in, and so we need to adjust eligibility criteria.

at this very minute, across the country, families are wondering how they are going to survive financially now that mom or dad is out of a job. Hourly workers whose businesses have closed temporarily are praying that they will still have a…

I ask unanimous consent that that the Senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I think we all know what is happening here. The leader pointed out in his opening remarks that everything was going really quite well. There were a lot of working groups that were meeting. There was great bipartisan cooperation. Both sides…

I thank my colleague from North Dakota for his great leadership on this issue and all over here. Senator Roberts--the longtime chairman of the Senate Ag Committee and before that, the House Ag Committee--was very instrumental in our…

first let me say thank you to my colleague, the former Governor of Virginia, the Senator from Virginia now. As a former Governor, we have a real interest in making sure that there is a good, cooperative spirit between the Federal…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations: Executive Calendar Nos. 238, 451, 453, 571, and 630. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; that, if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc and the President be immediately…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of Executive Calendar No. 632; that the nominations be confirmed; that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 24; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

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 9:17 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 10 a.m…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott)…