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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following law clerks on Senator Capito's staff be granted floor privileges until April 4, 2025: Camryn Runyon, Megan Banke, and Harry Kazenoff. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…
Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to offer some remarks on the situation in Europe and the prospects for peace in Ukraine. We should start with recent positive developments. President Trump and President Zelenskyy have demonstrated…
Let me talk about an easy choice that the Senate will soon have to make, and that is the nomination of Mr. Stephen Feinberg, President Trump's choice to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Here is the reason it is going to be an easy…
Madam President, I have the greatest respect for the previous speaker and also for the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee. If she gets her way this afternoon or later tonight, the government will shut down. We would have…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes prior to the scheduled rollcall votes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I am joined by my colleagues from Mississippi mourning the tragic loss of Mississippi's Hinds County Deputy Sheriff Martin Shields, Jr., a dedicated public servant who gave his life in the line of duty late Sunday night while responding to…
Like Hitler, Mussolini, and Saddam Hussein before him, Vladimir Putin should be called what he is: a dictator. Over the past 20 years, Putin has systematically ended free and fair elections, crushed independent media, quashed protests, and…
Mr. President, I rise in opposition to this amendment and urge my colleagues to oppose it. There is no greater supporter of Ukraine in this Senate than I am, but this is not the right vehicle. This is a budget to add for national security…
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans and guests, on September 19, 1796, President George Washington published an open letter to the American people. The immediate purpose of this message was to notify his fellow…
Mr. President, it is with a sense of sadness but also an honor to celebrate the life of someone who truly made a profound impact on my home State of Mississippi: Paul Gallo. My State mourns Paul, who died January 19, 2025, after a brave…
Madam President, the Committee on Armed Services has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 119th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, on behalf of myself and Ranking Member Reed, I ask…
Madam President, it starts out by saying that in the beginning of this war, which now has lasted almost 3 years, word came down from the leadership of Vladimir Putin's dictatorship in Russia to prisoners of war captured by the Russian…
Madam President, I come to the floor to direct Members' attention to a very important article on the front page of yesterday's Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2025, by Thomas Grove. The headline states ``Be Cruel,'' how Russia tortured…
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…
Mr. President, I agree with my friend from Rhode Island, the distinguished ranking member on the committee, that this is something Senators need to think very carefully about. And I would remind my friend and my fellow Senators and my…
Mr. President, in a few moments, the Senate will vote on the confirmation of our next CIA Director, and then immediately following there will be a vote on cloture on the nomination of Mr. Peter Brian Hegseth, President Donald Trump's…
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 legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN: I announce that the Senator from…
Mr. President, this is an incredibly special week for pro-life Americans. We have welcomed back a life-affirming administration with the second inauguration of President Donald Trump. Both Chambers of Congress are united in our pursuit of…