The reality is that President Trump did get what he wanted. He got a commitment that we are going to address the debt ceiling early next year.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 73, nays 23, as follows: [Rollcall…

Of course, we are not going to default on our debts. That would be catastrophic.

We can't touch Social Security and reconciliation. So anybody who is trying to fearmonger on that is frankly just doesn't understand what the law says. And then President Trump has made it clear, we are not going to be touching Medicare…

I rise today to pay tribute to the longest serving party leader in Senate history: Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Over the course of a political career that began with a hard-fought race for student council president in his junior year…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 14, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 325 Leg.] YEAS--85 Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Boozman Britt Brown Budd…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 1, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 327 Leg.] YEAS--97 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Booker Boozman Braun…

I come to the floor today to pay tribute to my longtime chief of staff Ryan Nelson, who has decided to step down in the new year. It is difficult to know where to start to pay tribute to a man who has been indispensable to everything I…

my office recently released the 2025 Senate Calendar. As everyone now knows, our schedule next year will be aggressive: Friday votes will be the norm, and we are not going to be having much in the way of recess in the first 100 days. That…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 83…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. National Defense Authorization Act

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The yeas and nays…

yesterday the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. I am glad that the Senate will finally take up the bill next week, and it should be on its way to the President's desk soon. But there is no excuse for…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin), and the Senator from…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 320 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

yesterday, President Biden delivered a speech on the economy--a last attempt to rescue his dismal economic record. Incredibly, during the course of the speech, he repeated a phrase that he has often used about growing the economy from the…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

We're continuing to work through the FEMA process to bring them all the resources that they need.