I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 41) was passed, as follows: S. 41 Be it…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to consideration of S. Res. 396. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Madam President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of S. 41 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7; that, following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Madam President, the great American labor organizer Delores Huerta said: Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person [is a] potential activist, [and] every minute [is] a chance to change the world. In that spirit, I rise to bid…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 451, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior…

Madam President, I understand there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

This amendment would prohibit the Department of the Interior from using appropriated funds for any purpose having to do with establishing, under the Antiquities Act, a national monument in Malheur County, Oregon. Malheur County is part of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

I want it known for the record that we had a vote in Malheur County some years ago on whether or not to have a monument, and 90 percent of the voters said no to the monument. The purpose of the amendment is focused on Malheur County…

It is so palpable, the change within a few decades is so real.

If you are trying to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, there were hikers that used to come through in August, you cannot come through.

I picture middle class families who have a mortgage, and their mortgage generally says, you must maintain homeowner insurance.

We do see in Oregon a lot of families affected by flood insurance issues.

Things that occurred every 1,500 years have become once in a century events.