today, we will vote on the nomination of Russ Vought to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Vought served as the OMB Director for much of President Trump's first term, and before that, he was Deputy Director of the…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 30. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to…

I have four 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 following…

I come to the floor to speak about the nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs that we will be voting on in a couple of hours. I have long considered myself a friend of veterans. The men and women who have put themselves in harm's way to…

I ask unanimous consent that Sam Ruhe and Ivy Benjenk, two detailees in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

in a few minutes--probably shortly, I should say--we will vote to confirm Pam Bondi as the Attorney General of the United States. Before we do, I would like to speak in support of her nomination and, in doing that, urge my colleagues to…

later today, we are going to have the first set of votes on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Before we do, I would like to speak in support of her nomination. Ms. Bondi made history as the…

over the last 3 or 4 years, I have come to the floor to discuss with my colleagues information that I get from whistleblowers in the FBI and the Department of Justice, most of it dealing with the subject of the critical weaponization of…

January is National Blood Donor Month. Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. Yet less than 10 percent of the eligible population donates blood annually. Blood donations are especially critical for patients receiving…

Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota will soon be our next Secretary of the Department of the Interior. I am going to support that nomination. I think he will be confirmed, but until that happens, we always say ``if confirmed.'' If…

every so often, I come to the Senate floor to bring my colleagues up to date on the lack of financial management system in the Department of Defense. I am here again to address what I consider a festering bureaucratic sore. The Pentagon…

Rest assured: Lieutenant Colonel Gabbard loves this country — a fact proven by the fact that she put her life on the line to defend it.

I am here to back the nomination of Lee Zeldin of New York to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, so my vote will be yes in a few hours from now when we vote on that nomination. The EPA plays a very important…

today, we are confirming former Congressman Sean Duffy as the new Secretary of Transportation. Our Nation's infrastructure is essential to the economy, trade, and vitality of each of our 50 States. In Iowa, it is fundamental to moving our…

as the leader has just said, I come to the floor for the same purpose: to talk about my vote in favor of Mr. Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury. This Cabinet position is one of the most important positions in any administration. The…

today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. We commemorate this day through International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, we remember the 6 million Jewish…

everybody knows that except for Native Americans, this great Nation of ours is a nation of immigrants. We are one of the most welcoming nations in the world, maybe the most welcoming to immigrants, because about a million people come here…

We can’t take anything for granted that we’re going to have a weak Democratic Party.