Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 26; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:02 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions: S. Res. 430, S. Res. 431, and S. Res. 432. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the…

Mr. President, I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3135) making…

Madam President, we were here last week when I addressed the floor on this very issue that I want to talk about again because it is so absolutely critical to the world's security and our security, because violence is continuing to rage in…

Madam President, I have 10 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

The other one is the compensation and pension exams. That is our most requested thing, and they are having a tremendous backlog on these.

I do not want to lose our veterans to--if we do, I can guarantee you, they might not come back.

They say they are better understood, they feel much more comfortable, and they feel that their care is just as good, if not better.

I think, also, to get to it, we have, as much as we might have a different approach to what we are trying to get here, one of the conforming themes, I think, that the Chairman and I have, and all of us have, is some kind of consistency.

Madam President, I join my colleague from Kansas and many others who are going to be on the floor today in full and total support of one of our most steadfast allies, the State of Israel. I also stand here today to strongly…

I would say, to simplify there, what I am hearing is that we are going to be back at court, and this is going to be back up to the Supreme Court, the way the Administration has rewritten this rule.

Madam President, on October 17, 2023, in a speech offered by Mr. Cotton on the Senate floor, Mr. Cotton erroneously indicated that I was not a cosponsor to S. 3041, a bill to reinstate certain sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. Prior…

I would say, to simplify there, what I am hearing is that we are going to be back at court, and this is going to be back up to the Supreme Court, the way the Administration has rewritten this rule.

It is the 51st anniversary of the Clean Water Act as we speak.

I think, also, to get to it, we have, as much as we might have a different approach to what we are trying to get here, one of the conforming themes, I think, that the Chairman and I have, and all of us have, is some kind of consistency.

It is the 51st anniversary of the Clean Water Act as we speak.