I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

This week, we are making history as we pass the Honoring Our PACT Act and move one step closer to sending the legislation to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. The journey to this point has been long. As a member of the House…

I just want to point out that this has nothing to do with stifling the rights of companies to communicate. It does prevent them from harassing workers and preventing them from doing what they need to do. I just want to point out that there…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 30 seconds remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title VIII the following: SEC. 8__. PREFERENCE FOR OFFERORS THAT…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote at 2:30 p.m. on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 976. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

for the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes starting at 2:30 p.m. today. They will be on the confirmation of the Barr nomination to be Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve and the motion to invoke cloture on the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 342, nays…

While I wholeheartedly support the intent of the PACT Act and intend to vote for it, I am opposed to the precedent that the funding mechanism in this bill sets. Later, I will be offering a motion to commit that would prohibit creation of…

I have a motion to commit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to commit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Bost of Illinois moves to commit the bill S. 3373 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The…

I rise with my colleagues from Illinois to honor the lives and bless the memory of the seven precious people murdered in a heinous act of evil on July Fourth in Highland Park at our Independence Day Parade. As I speak now, the residents of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1348, insert after line 23 the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC…

We are hearing a lot of arguments today. My colleague on the other side talked about America at its best. Let me tell you about America at its best. Last Monday on July 4 in Highland Park, Illinois, thousands of people gathered together…

I would just like for the Members on the other side to ask themselves: assume that President Trump had succeeded at his negotiations with North Koreans, that would have required a technically competent team of international inspectors…

This amendment in no way denigrates the many fine, overwhelming in number, vast, vast majority of fine people who serve in our military and uniformed services. But the fact is, we have had incidents, and this is, again, from that report I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, add the following: SEC. 13_. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON…