I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the filling of judicial vacancies has been the focal point of my political attention now for 4 years. There are roughly 800 to 900 Federal judges at the district court…

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Brian Edward Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born in Columbia, MD, Mr. Murphy earned his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross in 2002 and his…

Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Anne Hwang to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Born in Los Angeles, CA, Judge Hwang attended Cornell University and the University of Southern…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 301 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Sharad Desai to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Born in Phoenix, Mr. Desai received his B.A. and B.S. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. from New York…

I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask that we commence with the rollcall vote immediately under unanimous consent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank Congressman Deluzio for convening this Special Order hour, and I am grateful it is on a topic that I believe is so critical to so many of the conversations that we are having right now. You are talking about babies still impacted…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Ali nomination cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 297 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 300 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 299 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Sooknanan cloture motion be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Washington Court of Appeals Judge Rebecca Pennell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Judge Pennell's significant career as a litigator for nearly two…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the next and all subsequent rollcalls be 10 minutes in duration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Paul Ghiotto, a State Department fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 118th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.

Madam President, I rise today to discuss an issue I have been working on for 23 years, the plight of America's Dreamers. I first introduced the DREAM Act more than two decades ago with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who was then the…