I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senator Hoeven. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

A long-term default would cost over 7 million jobs and push the unemployment rate over 8 percent.

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am much more worried that this time it will go over that cliff.

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

President Biden has put a budget plan on the table. In fact, much more detailed than the plan that passed the House of Representatives.

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am much more worried that this time it will go over that cliff.

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

Even the republican Chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees transportation and housing spending implied that the proposed cuts are 'essentially unworkable'.

Attempting to extract partisan policy concessions with threats to intentionally drive the American economy off a cliff is the very definition of extremism.

We want to preserve the status quo. We will provide Taiwan with the military assistance and equipment it needs to make itself a porcupine, to deter aggression, and to defend itself.

During the Cold War, Presidents Ford and Eisenhower and Reagan directed similar undertakings as we confronted the Soviet Union and I believe we should carry out the same type of strategic effort with regards to China.

There would be serious consequences for the entire world if such an event were to happen.

You cannot beat something with nothing and, obviously, the Belt and Road Initiative includes a number of infrastructure investments.

The United States seeks to promote peace, prosperity, and universal human rights through an international rules-based order grounded in freedom and respect for sovereignty.

I think there is broad agreement that the critical foreign policy challenge that we face and opportunity we have arises from China's emergence as a great power, a nation which is not playing by the rules.

The National Security Strategy laid out by President Biden and this Administration clearly establishes the goals and mission of our national security and foreign policy.