Yesterday afternoon, Senate Democrats voted against a rules change that would have reduced needless delay in the Senate and ensure that future Presidents of both parties could staff their administrations in a timely fashion. Democrats…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith).

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. Res. 50

sometimes attempting to block a Presidential nominee is justified. If a President nominates a candidate who clearly is unfit for the office for which he or she has been nominated, then, as Senators, we should try to stop the confirmation…

The term able-bodied, as we have talked about, is so key to this discussion, and I want to make sure that we are working to empower and not stigmatize the ABAWD population.

That is not leadership. And so, let's work with SNAP recipients. Let's work with this Subcommittee. Let's work with the Administration to move even more people from welfare to work.

Evidence is powerful and data can light our way forward.

For me, an important foundation of all of this Subcommittee's work on nutrition is, first, that we all want to improve the lives of Americans who are facing hard times.

Work does that, and if a couple of things came out loud and clear that there is basis for agreement, it is first off that people who can work, should work.

No, absolutely, and I think that is what is concerning about the way the waivers operate right now...

Second, that SNAP is an important poverty program. That is something worth maintaining, something worth holding up.

Third, that work and education are a critically important, a necessary part of helping people realize opportunities to move out of poverty.

I rise this evening to request unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from any further consideration of H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act, and I ask that it be taken up for immediate…

If the unanimous consent cannot be entertained, I would then urge the Speaker and the majority leader to immediately---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not been recognized for debate. ____________________

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally), the Senator from Alaska (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from Pennsylvania…

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

when Republicans took office after the 2016 Presidential election, we had one goal in mind: make life better for American families. We knew a big part of that was getting our economy going again. After years of sluggish economic growth…