I am here today to introduce three bills to make our government work a little better. Before I get to those, I would put a question to all of us in this Chamber, the thousands who are sitting here tonight in the gallery, folks watching…

I have a number of colleagues who study these viruses, these very viruses that may cause the next pandemic, who are receiving threats on their lives because of this misinformation.

I am hoping and looking forward to as a priority to try and move that.

I'm just concerned that, in the conversations that are around the potential risks of certain research, that it has created--that there's been these myths around virologists and their research.

the current discussion on the origin of COVID-19 ushered in, and I quote, 'ill-informed condemnation of virology.'

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. The Freedom for Health Care Workers Act. Really? Freedom? Freedom from what? We know that vaccine mandates are absolutely not new, and healthcare workers are often required to get vaccinated…

Now is the time for us to come together.

And I think on this subcommittee we are so proud that we were able to get almost unanimous support on both sides of the aisle to pass it out of committee.

I really look forward to continuing to do this.

As we move forward on autonomous vehicles, I think privacy is going to be a big issue.

I want to congratulate you on maintaining our jurisdiction.

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for the second time on…

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 3:52 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I have one request 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I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Democratic whip. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the order of the Senate of January 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell Address take place on Monday, February 27, 2023, immediately following the prayer and reciting of…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 126 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…