I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Purusant to rule XXVI. paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees…

I am here with Senator Corker today to address the Senate and encourage this body to vote in support of Bill Hagerty as our Ambassador to Japan. In 2013, when Bill Hagerty was the commissioner of economic and community development for…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Rapuano nomination?

here is the scorecard on 557 Presidential nominations during the first 100 days of the Trump administration, through April 29. According to the Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with the Washington Post, on Cabinet…

I am grateful that the Senate has approved that measure naming the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville. I stand at the desk of former Senator Thompson. This was a desk that Senator Howard Baker also…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 375, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read…

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 (H.R. 375) was…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 75, S. 583. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

last year seems like a long time ago, but just 5 months ago, 94 Members of this body voted for a bill called the 21st Century Cures Act. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called it the most important legislation of the year. The…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 22 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 74, S. 139. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk…