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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I move to discharge S.J. Res. 89 from the Foreign Relations Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to discharge from the Committee…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, the Gaza pier is a perfect example of the Biden administration's foreign policy incoherence. This was a nearly half-billion-dollar stunt trying to buy a few votes in Michigan. It has been an unconscionable waste of American…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, the Senator from Maryland said that he intends to raise a point of order objecting to this war powers resolution because we do not have servicemembers in harm's way; we do not have active hostilities, which is what is…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 11, 2024

A very brief response to what my friend from Maryland said: The pier was fired upon twice. It is difficult to say that we are not in active hostilities when we are being fired upon, and so it clearly falls under the statute. With that, I…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, today I rise to honor the life and legacy of Jose A. Olivieri, an accomplished attorney, determined civic leader, and a pillar in the Hispanic community in Milwaukee, whose work left an indelible mark on the State of…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I am back now for the 33rd time to keep shining a little light on the rightwing billionaires' covert scheme to capture and control our Supreme Court. As a result of that scheme, the Court's rightwing just took a wrecking…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 766, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4351) was…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 3068 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

I now ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 159 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 1105)…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration Calendar No. 246, H.R. 1105. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

I ask unanimous consent that this resolution be agreed to, that its 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…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11
Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jul 11, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 765, remembering the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Congressional Record · 2024-07-11