Mr. President, last week, on the floor, I thanked five of my colleagues in the Senate who will be leaving at the end of this Congress. Today, I would like to thank three more. If you read any profile on Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, there…

Last week the Speaker of the House and the majority leader said that the report into serious allegations of misconduct by former Representative Matt Gaetz was ``moot'' because he had resigned from Congress. I rise today to remind my…

Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Noel Wise to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born in Cherry Hill, NJ, Judge Wise earned her B.S. at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1989; her…

I want to thank my colleague Senator Welch from Vermont. He is a great partner in this effort. His heart is in the same place mine is. One of the things that just struck me that some of the prisoners said to me when they came home and made…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Born in Tucson, AZ, Judge Valenzuela earned her B.A. at the University of Arizona in 1991 and…

Madam President, periodically, I have come to the Senate floor to raise the issue of political prisoners languishing in jails around the world. You would wonder why I do this. Well, it came to my attention that there are some real…

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Keli Marie Neary to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. She is an accomplished litigator who has devoted her entire legal career to public service in the…

Madam President, tomorrow the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on President-elect Trump's planned mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Millions--some 13 million--of undocumented immigrants live in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled rollcall vote start immediately.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following staffers in Senator Jon Tester's office be granted floor privileges until December 10, 2024: Eli Cousin, Brittany Adams, and Elizabeth Hague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Tiffany Johnson to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ms. Johnson's impressive career in public service, combined with her Federal court experience, will make…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

I voted incorrectly today. However, if I had voted as I intended, I would have voted ``YEA'' on Roll Call No. 492, the passage of H.R. 5349.

Mr. President, if you walk around the streets of Chicago and ask people about how they get to and from the city--or around it-- each day, I am sure many of them would tell you: Metra. Metra transports us to Cubs games--in fact, its busiest…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206, nays 198, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No…

Madam 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. 5443 Be it enacted by the Senate and House…