I agree with the Senator from Illinois that there ought to be a legislative solution to the DACA children. In fact, we had one in 2013. We worked on it in a bipartisan way--solved a large number of immigration issues, trying to have a…

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Tennessee.

the late historian, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., said this: ``Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap.'' The late Samuel Huntington, who was a Harvard professor of U.S. history and politics, wrote, in effect, that most of our…

it is hard to think of much good that has come out of the 3-month experience with COVID-19, but here is one thing: the number of patients who have seen their doctors remotely through the internet, FaceTime, and all of the other remote…

there is a reason why 800 conservation organizations, every U.S. Secretary of Interior from Babbitt to Zinke, and the President of the United States, President Trump, support the legislation we are going to be voting on at about noon…

in the middle of the Great Depression, the people in Tennessee and North Carolina looked around and said: Why are all the national parks out West? So Tennessee contributed $2 million, and North Carolina contributed $2 million, and John D…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9 p.m., adjourned until Friday, June 12, 2020, at 12:01 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

yesterday, our Senate Education Committee held a hearing on going back to school safely--a subject on the minds of tens of millions of American families--since today two- thirds of married parents both work outside the home, and they have…

I want to congratulate my colleague from Louisiana, one of the most diligent Members of the U.S. Senate. He complimented the occupant of the Chair, Senator Gardner from Colorado, for doing a great job for his State. I think Senator Cassidy…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12:01 a.m., Friday, June 12; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, who is an African-American Republican from South Carolina, once told our Bible study that police in his hometown had stopped him several times for being a ``Black man in the wrong place'' even though, at the time…

I have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

while he is on the floor, I congratulate the Senator from West Virginia for his leadership. Sometimes he says too many cooks spoil the pot or whatever the phrase is. There could be too many cooks but not in this case. Senator Manchin…

Next week in our committee we will take a look at going back to school safely, K-12. That is a lot more families--20 million college students, 75 million children in K-12. And in every one of those families, in every one of those homes, I…

if I may switch gears to another subject, briefly--on Monday, the Senate will be casting the most important vote on conservation legislation, outdoors legislation, that we have had in 50 years. That is quite a statement to make because we…

I come to the floor today to make comments on two other subjects. The first is about a subject that is concerning about 70, 75 million American families; that is, going back to college and going back to school. The question is on the minds…

I have 6 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I want to thank the Senator from Alaska for her eloquent remarks, and I am glad I was here to have a chance to listen to them, both on equal rights, really, for all Americans. It is not possible for us to speak on any subject today without…

I want to report on an important hearing the Senate HELP Committee just completed. Senator Murray and I organized it. We heard from Francis Collins, the distinguished scientist who is head of the National Institutes of Health, about his…

On Tuesday, the 17th. And my second question is, Could the U.S. Senate have voted on that bill before it arrived from the House of Representatives? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It would take consent. The Senate has done it on several occasions…

My question will be short. Is it not true that the bill to which the Senator refers was still being written over the weekend, and it would have been impossible for the U.S. Senate to vote on it before Monday?

Did anyone ask consent that it be voted on before Wednesday? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair does not have any record of a request for consent.

I thank the Senator from North Dakota. I have a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will state the inquiry.