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The U.S. Senate must confirm President Trump’s national security picks as soon as possible.

I rise today to express my gratitude to the Armed Services Committee and Energy and Natural Resources Committee for working to include an important provision that passed as part of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act…

Eight years. This was filed at the beginning of this Congress. Just because your staff didn't make you aware isn't my fault. That is not my fault. To say 8 years, which I opened with--maybe if you would have listened to what I said. We…

That is just not right. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Oklahoma.

Well, if there wasn't a cloud, then this wouldn't be an issue. So, obviously, there was, and there is. You can say what you want to, but there is. That is why we are here today. That is why we are trying to solve the issue. This is why the…

I appreciate my colleague from Utah in his fine arguments. Obviously, you can tell he is a great attorney. What frustrates me is that I am literally down the hall. My colleague could have, at any time, picked up the phone and called me…

for 8 years, beginning with my time in the House, I have worked on the Miami-Illinois Land Claim Settlement Act, which is now S. 2796. I want to thank Chief Lankford of the Miami Tribe for his assistance to move this bill forward and to…

my friend from Rhode Island and I, we have a lot of great conversations. I think we both agree on the problem here. There is clearly a problem that money could be laundered and hidden in American companies and shell companies. There is no…

several years ago, it was a December like this; there were big bills that were coming through the House and the Senate, one of them being the National Defense Authorization Act, which has passed every single year for the last six decades…

I just want to take a moment to address something the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), my very good friend, had to say about what is not in the bill. Again, as another speaker referenced, I always believe you look at legislation…

I would inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 7 minutes remaining.

I advise my friend I am prepared to close whenever she is, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman would understand that I am waiting for someone else who was coming, but I reserve the balance of my…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The Senator from Wyoming. ____________________

I thank Congressman Weber for the opportunity to participate in this important discussion this evening. I can't think of a person who I have interacted with for the last 22 years that I have enjoyed any more than Dr. Burgess. Sitting in…

Just because CBO this time around didn't score it, doesn't mean it doesn't have a cost. It just means they didn't score it. The score from it 2 years ago was three-quarters of a billion dollars.

This will lead to a vast and irresponsible increase in Federal spending. I would like to respectfully refute the claim that this does not increase spending. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the CBO report from the 117th Congress…