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?

the discussion we just heard was about when the Senate could have voted on H.R. 6201, which was the bill that came over from the House. When did that bill from the House of Representatives arrive in the U.S. Senate? The PRESIDING OFFICER…

in a few minutes, the majority leader will begin a process that will permit the Senate to act for the third time to deal with this unprecedented healthcare crisis that we are facing. Our message to the American people is this: This is…

I congratulate the Senator from Kansas on his eloquent remarks, expressing the feelings--certainly mine and those, I believe, of virtually every Member of this body--that we are here not as Democrats or Republicans but to work together to…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for as much time as I may require. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

in reserving the right to object, I will continue to work with the Senator from Washington State, as we always do, and on a comprehensive response to the this issue, the coronavirus. She and I have had four briefings, and we will have…

if your car is a lemon, you don't sue the bank; you sue the dealer. A college can be a lemon, just like a car can be. A college could promise a potential student a job and then tell them that 50 percent of their students scored perfectly…

I have 7 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…

on Friday, I flew with President Trump to Tennessee to visit with the Tennesseans who were hurt by the tornadoes last week. There were four tornadoes. They hit primarily Benton, Davidson, Wilson, and Putnam Counties. They left 24 dead, and…

I am on the floor to speak about the coronavirus, but first let me express to the families in Tennessee my heartfelt concern for them as the result of a tornado that swept through Middle Tennessee last night while people were sleeping. The…

last week Templeton Press published an important new book, ``How to Educate an American: The Conservative Vision for Tomorrow's Schools.''edited by the Fordham Institute's Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn, Jr., and published by…

in this impeachment proceeding, I worked with other Senators to make sure that we had the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there was no need for more evidence to prove something that I believe had already been proven and…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself, Senator Daines, and Senator Cruz. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Alexander, Daines, and Cruz is for the House managers: Compare the…

I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided between the Senator from Washington and myself and that there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders prior to the following vote. I further…

We have a vacancy at the Food and Drug Administration. So what if someone said: Wouldn't it be a good idea to go see if we can recruit the chief medical officer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, one of the most distinguished…

every year, Americans make nearly 3 billion trips to the drugstore, pharmacies, convenience stores to pick up over-the-counter products such as allergy medicines, children's cough syrup, or simple pain medicines such as aspirin. As the…

on behalf of all of us, I want to thank the Democratic leader for his courtesy and his support on this. He and Senator McConnell have made it possible for us to do this. I am going to limit my remarks to a couple of minutes, and then…

today, the Senate passed a solution that Senator Murray and I reached to permanently fund historically Black colleges and universities and other minority serving institutions. It is hard to think of a piece of legislation that would have…

I wanted to take a moment to recognize Mr. Rogers, who is being celebrated with the release of a new movie starring Tom Hanks and a new album recorded largely in Nashville that features new renditions of the songs we loved hearing Mr…

I will bet Senator Isakson is a little bit surprised that his farewell address would produce such an eruption of bipartisan speeches, both in the luncheon we just had for nearly 100 Senators--almost everybody was there, Democrats and…

I ask unanimous consent to start the vote at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the…

within a few minutes, we will be voting on the President's nomination for the new U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette. I am here to offer my support for Mr. Brouillette, and I hope my colleagues will vote for him. I am confident…

I see the Senator from Ohio. I intend to offer my alternative to which, I gather, someone plans to object. I will go ahead and do that unless he wants to speak at this point.

I see the Senator from Maryland, but I would like to take a few minutes to describe the proposal to which Senator Brown just objected. I appreciate the Senator from Ohio in his saying that he hopes that Senator Murray and I can do what we…

reserving the right to object--and I will object--I am disappointed that my colleagues are offering such a short-term, piecemeal approach toward resolving the problems of our historically Black colleges and minority-serving institutions…