I just wanted to thank the majority leader for his very generous comments, as well as acknowledge the good wishes and congratulations from so many of my colleagues, including my colleague from Maine, Senator King. This is a momentous…

Mr. President, I have 7 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 rise today to introduce the Educational Opportunity and Success Act, a bill to strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs and improve their administration. Across the Nation, TRIO helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds…

I thank my colleague and friend, Chairman McGovern, for yielding me this time. Mr. Chair, I rise to support Chairman McGovern's amendment. As members of the Food is Medicine working group, one of our priorities has been highlighting the…

Mr. President, along with my colleagues, Senators Jacky Rosen, Martha McSally, and Amy Klobuchar, I am introducing the Stamp Out Elder Abuse Act of 2019, a bill that seeks to help combat the abuse and financial exploitation of our Nation's…

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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 question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Holte nomination?

Mr. President, I rise this evening to introduce legislation with my friend and colleague from Delaware, Senator Chris Coons, called the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2019. I am delighted to say that we have 22 bipartisan cosponsors…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Braun). The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Johnson), the committee chairwoman, for yielding me the time and for supporting this bill, as well as the ranking member from Oklahoma, both of whom have shown a true willingness to address the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from West Virginia, Mrs. Capito. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New Hampshire, and it is now my pleasure to yield time to the Senator from Nebraska, Mrs. Fischer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.

Mr. President, I want to thank the Senator from Nebraska for her very kind comments and her eloquent remarks, and I am now pleased to yield time to the Senator from Wisconsin, Ms. Baldwin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.

The Chair is a very wise man. Now I yield to Senator Jeanne Shaheen. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

Mr. President, I am now pleased to yield to the Senator from Maryland, Mr. Cardin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.

Mr. President, I am pleased to yield to the Senator from Minnesota, Ms. Klobuchar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.

As the senior Republican woman in the Senate today, I am pleased to begin a series of speeches, along with my good friend from California, the senior Democratic woman Senator, Mrs. Dianne Feinstein, to commemorate a significant milestone…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from California for her remarks and yield time now to the Senator from Illinois, Ms. Duckworth. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.