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…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 117 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

Mr. President, my friend and colleague from Wyoming mentioned the New York Times this morning and reports, articles, on the economy, and so I took a quick look to see if I could find the column that he was referring to, though I couldn't…

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 53, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 118 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso…

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 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Ex.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 119 Ex.] YEAS--53 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

This is about the rule so that we can get to this continuing resolution or so-called continuing resolution. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you what continuing resolutions are. They give Congress time to negotiate budget bills in the interest of…

I will first thank my colleagues on the Democratic Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group for helping us with these various Special Order hours discussing the Trump administration's various reckless actions. Tonight, I rise…

I thank Representative Stansbury for speaking today and for sharing how some of Trump's policies are going to harm her constituents. In her State and near her district are national security workers, atomic scientists at Sandia and Los…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 77, nays 19, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 114 Ex.] YEAS--77 Alsobrooks Baldwin…

Mr. President, today stands out as a critical moment for the country, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution. In recent weeks, Trump administration officials and allies have made statements and engaged in troubling conduct that threatened…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 19, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 115 Ex.] YEAS--78 Baldwin Banks…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mrs. Duckworth) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 112 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso…

There is a national shortage of more than 7 million units of affordable housing across America and more than 771,000 people experiencing homelessness. This CR does nothing to lower the cost of housing. That is what I was going to talk…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 113 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 67, nays 32, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Ex.] YEAS--67 Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

Mr. President, since he took office, President Trump, his unelected billionaire buddy Elon Musk, and their DOGE bros have begun to systematically dismantle the Federal Government. In their efforts to root out so-called ``government…