Madam President, we have just invoked cloture on the nomination of Michael S. Regan, President Biden's nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The vote was 65 to 35. To every Democrat and every Republican and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that with respect to the Fudge nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to complete my remarks prior to the recess. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to be United States Attorney General and to describe some of the greatest challenges confronting the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ, as it is…

Mr. President, this may be the only bipartisan amendment that we will have the chance to vote on today. The really good news is that there will be a voice vote. For the past decade, our Nation's veterans service organizations have called…

Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

Madam President, I respect the views of my colleagues. I respect the views of this colleague especially, and he knows that. We don't always agree on everything or even, maybe, most things, but I think it is important we be able to find…

Madam President, it has long been said that ``neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays'' our U.S. postal ``couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.'' These words, in fact, are chiseled in granite above…

Mr. President, today I rise to pay tribute and honor the life of the late Mrs. Barbara O' Malley, a friend, and a dedicated public servant who proudly served Maryland and our Nation as a congressional staffer for Senator Barbara Mikulski…

To Chairman Scott and the entire Committee on Education and Labor, I thank you for the time and for your hard work. Mr. Speaker, as the former labor secretary from the State of Delaware, I am proud to support the National Apprenticeship…

Mr. President, unfortunately, I must rise in opposition to Braun amendment 833 this evening. On its face, this amendment would prohibit the EPA and the Council on Environmental Quality from issuing any regulation or guidance that would ban…

The Navigable Waters Protection Rule fails to provide consistent, clear, and functional categories and exclusions of jurisdictional water that are asserted by this amendment. The rule also fails to provide critical headwaters and wetlands…

Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to address the body today about the bill we are to take up and debate and advance this evening and about several different provisions that are of specific concern and interest to me, to the…

Mr. President, I would note an irony here: Native of West Virginia offering an amendment, objected to by a native of West Virginia, presided by a native of West Virginia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Well represented.

Madam President, I have the honor of serving on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee--a committee you serve on--which oversees, as you know, the Department of Homeland Security since the committee was first…

Mr. President, ``free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious, but calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here.''…

Mr. President, ``Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges on fairness are serious.'' I think we will all agree. ``But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then…

Mr. President, I have a question for all of my colleagues this evening, which is this: What happened here today, and how is it different from what we expected as we assembled in this Chamber early this afternoon? Sadly, much like the…