the State Department is not representative of the American people

I am asking my question and trying to be in solidarity with you and the responsible community of nations to continue to basically hold China accountable here.

The idea here is to go deeper in terms of place-based strategies, fix the broken border situation.

I ask unanimous consent that I and then, after me, Senators Leahy and Peters be allowed to complete our remarks in their entirety before the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

the debate about the legislative filibuster is not a debate about S. 1 or S. 101 or S. 901. No, this is a debate about nothing less than the nature and durability of American self- government. Quite apart from the wrestling over which…

My district in Nebraska is home to many Native American Tribes, including the Winnebago in the northeast corner of the State. And it is nestled, Madam Speaker, along the Missouri River Bottoms at the beginning of the great plains in a…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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 Nebraska.

I ask unanimous consent to begin the vote now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. I am sorry I might have seen an objection from the Senator. No, there is no objection. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for the yeas and nays. Senator Schatz and I add up to 22. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

Nebraska is famous for its high-quality beef; and what wine is to France, beef is to Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago, a number of us took note when Microsoft founder Bill Gates proposed that the wealthiest nations move to a hundred…

I ask unanimous consent for the Record to note that the junior Senator from New Jersey is very dramatic in the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Absolutely, without objection. Actually, I note one objection from the junior Senator from New…

A hallmark of America is that we have opened our arms and have been a just and generous nation to people who are fleeing political violence elsewhere, who have been persecuted in their native lands, and who are coming here to seek a better…

We have the greatest economy in the world, but yet, we need to have a strong safety net that is effective and efficient.

Our goal right now should be to defeat COVID, and get our economy back in high gear, and we are on that track, particularly with the vaccines.

Put simply, if our goal is to improve the environment, credit verification cannot be more burdensome than absolutely necessary.

This marketplace needs the flexibility to allow the various cropping and grazing regions across the country to leverage any tool to improve sustainability.

Helping folks become independent for themselves and their families is an important priority.

We are writing you today to share our mounting concern over reports that certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from our ports.