Mr. President, 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. 299 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 24 Ex.] YEAS--56 Banks Barrasso Blackburn…

Mr. President, I thank my leader from New York and glad he gave us his little seminar on chickens. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic whip. ____________________

Mr. President, we can all agree that the border of the United States should be secure. And, of course, we must deport any dangerous individuals who are here unlawfully. But the Executive orders that President Trump signed this past week…

Mr. President, I rise in support of the resolution offered by my colleague from the State of Washington, and I thank her for that. This is personal. For many of us, it is personal. We were here on the Senate floor on January 6, 2021. Vice…

I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 77, nays 22, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 21 Ex.] YEAS--77 Alsobrooks Baldwin Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd…

It was very well done. As a Midwesterner, I know a little bit about that, so I respect his observations. Who is Mr. Vaeth, V-A-E-T-H? His title is the acting leader of the Office of Management and Budget, and he is the one who sent out a…

I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 22 Ex.] YEAS--54 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Budd). Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. DURBIN pertaining to the introduction of S. 261 are printed…

I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 97, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 20 Ex.] YEAS--97 Alsobrooks Baldwin…

Mr. President, in 2018, I had the opportunity to visit Venezuela. It was a once prosperous, albeit imperfect, democracy suffering from terrible economic and political decline. I told then- President Maduro that if he rigged the upcoming…

I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, on a totally unrelated subject, this week two Senate committees will hold confirmation hearings for Robert Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to be Secretary for Health and Human Services. Every day, HHS, this major…

Mr. President, 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. 261 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 18, motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury. Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay. ____________________

I announce that the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock), and the Senator from Oregon…

Mr. President, pending before the U.S. Senate on this Saturday morning is the nomination of Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota to be the Secretary of Homeland Security in the Cabinet of President Trump. I have never met Governor Noem. I…

Mr. President, 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. 229 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…