First, I would like to note what is profound hypocrisy going on in this Chamber. Last week, we heard from the Republicans about the importance of an open process and the ability to offer amendments on all bills or resolutions, but there…

I appreciate my friend, Chairman Jordan, yielding to me. I thank my friend, Representative Ann Wagner, for introducing this important bill again--no better person than a mama and a grandmama--and she does a good job at both of those. Madam…

Yesterday, after 4\1/2\ days and 15 votes to find a Speaker, we started with our business by passing rules. The Republican rules and first day's activities were to help the rich and the powerful avoid taxes. The government, like any…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill which I feel is pumped full of woke nonsense. This $1.66 trillion package has billions of dollars set aside for LGBT centers, museums, hiking trails…

Mr. President, during our recent border crisis, title 42 has become the only sustained control we have over illegal immigration. In 2022, just this year alone, we have had over 2.7 million undocumented immigrants at our southern border. It…

Mr. President, before I begin my remarks on this, I would like to know how long the vote was held open on the last vote. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It was 16 minutes total--18 minutes.

That wasn't a debate. That was a point of parliamentary inquiry. There is a difference. I would like an answer. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Parliamentary inquiries are not in order. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 50. The…

Eighteen minutes is, of course, longer than 10. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator may proceed. Amendment No. 6576

Mr. President, this amendment is a ruse. It is a ruse designed to provide political cover to a small handful of people who recognize the crisis on the border and want to appear to be doing something about it, but it doesn't. Look, it…

Point of inquiry, Mr. President. Mr. President, point of parliamentary inquiry. Are we not under a unanimous consent agreement that presupposes a 10- minute vote that will be called at the end of 10 minutes? And is there an exception to…

Mr. President, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis is one of the best and the brightest naval officers this country has. In late May of 2021, he was involved in a serious car accident in which he encountered an unforeseeable, unforeseen…

Mr. President, this bipartisan bill is something that I stand behind. Yes, this amendment simply restores the previous version that Senator Klobuchar and I introduced and passed by unanimous consent. I urge our colleagues to support it…

Many in the Chamber know our friend Senator Lamar Alexander, but many of you may not know that earlier this year he lost his wife of 53 years, Leslee Kathryn Buhler Alexander, better known to all of us as ``Honey.'' Honey was a household…

Madam President, this bill before us is an act of legislative barbarism. This is an act of extortion being leveraged on the U.S. Senate right before Christmas. Make no mistake why this happens. This bill, in all 4,155 pages of its glory or…

Madam President, I have always believed that serving the people of Tennessee requires that I meet them right there in their communities, and I bring their ideas to Washington to put those perspectives to work. What we do on Capitol Hill…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the confirmation vote on the Gruenberg nomination occur following the completion of my remarks and those of Senator Brown. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Jonathan McKernan, a detailee on the Banking Committee, be given floor privileges throughout the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.