I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 44 Leg.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I'm not afraid. And none of us should be afraid. We should be standing up, speaking out.

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 45 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 46 Leg.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 35 Ex.] YEAS--55 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I announce that the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 40 Leg.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

after hours and hours of arguments by my Democratic colleagues--not that I woke up this morning with the desire to hear my own voice on the Senate floor--I am here because decades before I ever considered a career in politics, when I was…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 468 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

there are some Americans who go above and beyond in service to our Nation. Major General William D. Cobetto, chief of staff for the Illinois Department of Military Affairs, is one of those individuals, and he recently retired after a…

I thank Congressman Ivey for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, this is so important, yet we should be ashamed of the way the Trump administration has been absolutely attacking our Federal workers, the people who go to work every single day to…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 43 Ex.] YEAS--52 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

it is not unusual in this job of ours in the U.S. Senate to run into a reporter in the hallway. It happens all the time. They are trying to write a story, and they want to ask a question or two to get a quote, possibly, for the story…

on behalf of our brave men and women in uniform and their families and all Federal employees, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will continue…

Again, Mr. Speaker, I thank Salud Carbajal from California. He touched on that critical thing. Republicans are literally trying to take money from hardworking families to pay for tax cuts for those who need it the least, for billionaires…

We heard in the last half hour or so people talking about the rising cost of eggs. They talked about the fact that there is a bird flu epidemic that is devastating our flocks. The Centers for Disease Control is being cut by the Trump…

Last week I spent an afternoon at the National Air Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois. I had been invited to discuss some work our office has been doing to make sure these folks are not penalized for seeking mental health care…

For medical researchers at NIH, I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, no debate is permitted during a vote. The Senator will suspend. The clerk will continue to call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 437 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…