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…

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 1274 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois…

Mr. President, what Trump and Musk have done to our veterans in just 8 weeks since Trump has been back in office amounts to a total betrayal. He has already fired more veterans than any other President in modern history--6,000 and…

--then they will vote yes on this bill and help give our veterans their jobs back. Otherwise, they are making it clear that they would rather bow down at the altar of Donald Trump than stand up for our heroes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and, the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 125 Ex.] YEAS--56 Banks Barrasso…

Mr. President, I wanted to join my colleagues from Wyoming. I heard they were paying a tribute to Al Simpson who recently passed away. It was my good fortune 15 years ago to be a member of the Simpson-Bowles Commission where Al Simpson…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 126 Ex.] YEAS--59 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 120 Ex.] YEAS--57 Alsobrooks Banks…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 123 Ex.] YEAS--54 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

Madam President, on January 6, 2021, a solemn constitutional proceeding was disrupted when a mob of thugs, egged on by President Trump, attacked and trashed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn a free and fair election. The grimmest…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 122 Ex.] YEAS--54 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 15, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 124 Ex.] YEAS--84 Baldwin Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Boozman…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 121 Ex.] YEAS--56 Alsobrooks Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito…

Madam President, later today, the Senate will vote on passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Opioid addiction has had a devastating impact on communities all across the country. We have an overdose crisis in the United States, and we should be…

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

Madam 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. 1009 Be it enacted by the Senate and House…

Mr. President, at this point, I hope I can appeal to my friend from Oklahoma. It is important to every single State, but it is certainly important to my State of Illinois where we have thousands of researchers and millions of dollars being…