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Mr. President, I have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, I think by now you have seen all kinds of different versions of this depressing chart of total U.S. debt. Back in 1998--and we will be talking about that year--when Bill Clinton was President and we had our first budget…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Wisconsin. Government Spending

Mr. President, I understand that 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. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 6) to amend…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:56 p.m., adjourned until Friday, January 17, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 17; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

Mr. President, the Cabinet confirmation process is well underway here in the U.S. Senate. Confirmation hearings began this week with Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Yesterday, we had six…

As secretary, I will oversee the Secret Service, an agency that is in serious need of reforms.

As we focus on the southern border and what we're seeing as far as the invasion there.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the filing deadline with respect to second degree amendments to Calendar No. 1, S. 5, be at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, January 17. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I will deliver the programs according to the law and that it will be done with no political bias.

Under my leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, there will be no political bias to how disaster relief is delivered to the American people.

As a nation, we have the right and the responsibility to secure our borders against those who would do us harm, and we must create a fair and a lawful immigration system that is efficient and is effective and that reflects our values.

Our nation is a nation with borders, or we're no nation at all.

Well, the president will be in charge of the border. Tom Homan has a direct line to the president. He is an advisor to the president, the border czar.

The sheer number of illegal migrants coming into this country has made it so that every state is now a border state.