Madam President, I appreciate my friend Senator Markey, his offer to work through this. He and I have worked together on a number of issues, actually a number of issues particularly related to America's fishermen. As he mentioned…

Mr. President, I have come to the floor this evening to speak in honor and recognition of a woman by the name of Elizabeth Peratrovich. Elizabeth Peratrovich is recognized in my State of Alaska as a champion, a relentless champion, for…

Madam President, I have asked to be recognized this afternoon to speak to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. As we all know, the current situation is that it is pretty tough right now. Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops on or close to…

Well, to my colleague, I look forward to working with you on that and those amendments and look forward to moving her nomination forward in that light. I yield the floor. ____________________

Madam President, reserving the right to object, I would like to talk a little bit about not just Ms. Williams--who as my friend from Montana has mentioned--I actually think she is qualified--but the issues that are in front of the Fish and…

Here is one. It is from the president of the Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, John Hopson, Jr. In terms of equity [racial equity] we understand that the Biden Administration has made promises domestically and internationally to curb this…

Madam President, today I introduce the S.T.A.N.D. with Taiwan Act of 2022, which would mandate comprehensive and devastating economic and financial sanctions against the Chinese Communist Party, key sectors of China's economy, and leaders…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Linda Wilson, who recently retired from the U.S. Department of Education after over 33 years of service to the American people. Linda earned a degree from University of Arizona in…

Mr. President, I have had an opportunity to listen closely to my friend Senator Kaine, who asked the important question about voting rights, about when--when are we going to act? And that is a question that is something that we, each of…

Mr. President, last week, I gave a long, detailed speech on the topic that was at hand last week and is the topic, right now, that we are focusing on here in the U.S. Senate: voting rights and the majority leader's goal this week, as it…

Mr. President, I want to commend my colleague from Wyoming Senator Barrasso, who has been a leader on so many of these issues, and Senator Cruz on his bill, this important piece of legislation that we are going to be voting on here in a…

Mr. President, I want to congratulate the North Dakota Senators, my colleagues, on the great job with their football team. ``Go Bison!'' Well done, North Dakota.

Here is a little bit of what this article says: [President Biden] has assailed Georgia's new voting laws as an atrocity akin to ``Jim Crow in the 21st century. . . . But even once the GOP-passed measure [in Georgia] takes effect, Georgia…

Mr. President, there has been a lot of discussion on the floor, certainly today and the days leading up to this, as we talk about the importance of protecting minority rights here in the Senate and the consequences of weakening the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Maya Becker, a fellow with my staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Oh, my goodness, my soul. Mr. President, may I strike that erroneous introduction?

I thank my dear friend from Delaware--always Delaware--but truly a friend; a friend on many different issues, but a man whom I have come to know is motivated not by the politics of what goes on in this body but by the passion and his…

Mr. President, I think here in the Senate, so many of us have the privilege to occasionally host military fellows, congressional military fellows, and I would like to take just a minute here to recognize the great work of a former member…