you know what time of the week it is, and I think our pages are learning. But it is a special time of the week here in the Senate because it is Thursday, and Thursday is when I usually come out and talk about the Alaskan of the Week. Now…

I want to join my colleagues here on the Senate floor and talk about the importance of national security right here in the Congress of the United States. It is certainly one of our top priorities--protecting our Nation. You know, President…

with that, given that there is no objection, that Senate resolution has now passed in the United States. It unanimously is on record finally, in 2024, thanking our Vietnam veterans for their service, for their sacrifice; acknowledging the…

I am here on the floor today to ask unanimous consent for a long, long overdue resolution. It is a resolution that I guarantee most Americans are going to be like: What? Wait. What? We haven't done that yet? The Senate, the Congress…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have a resolution that I am looking forward to passing here on the Senate floor. I am pretty sure no one is going to object to it, but we will see in a minute. Before I begin, I want to do a huge shout-out and congratulations to Alaska's…

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. Is there…

I rise today to pay a special tribute to a very special Alaskan, Suzanne Downing. Suzanne turned 70 this year, and--big news for Alaska--sold her news site Must Read Alaska to businessman Jon Faulkner of Homer, who has already done a great…

One of the big flaws was the Camp Lejeune component of [the PACT Act] which did not have trial lawyer contingency fee caps.

These law firms don't give a damn. They don't give a damn what the Attorney General says.

We've actually never been granted [cemetery grants], which is kind of shocking given that we have more vets per cap in the state.

I’d like to just get your commitment. You probably can't say they're going to get it, but Under Secretary Quinn was pretty forward-leaning on that topic.

It's really big, though, as you have to acknowledge.

I am legitimately upset, and I don't treat anyone else like you, and I certainly don't treat you, because I respect you, but I would never treat you like this.

Who need to be based in Alaska.

I am God damned sick of it.

Next time someone is legislating on my State specifically, it shouldn't be your staff.

I have been working this issue for 9 months. I have been working this issue all weekend.

It's just wrong. Gosh, it's wrong.

We want more VA officials, doctors, nurses. We love them in Alaska.

like my good friend from Iowa, Senator Grassley, I am going to come down to the Senate floor to talk about the national security supplemental we are voting on today. I commend the senior Senator from Iowa. He is a great U.S. Senator. It…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Durbin). Without objection, it is so ordered. Ambler Access Project

Let me talk a little bit about the Voice of the Arctic Inupiat. It is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the North Slope region's collective elected Inupiat Native leadership. It is dedicated to preserving and advancing the…

I came to the floor of the Senate last night to talk about a big choice President Biden was going to make today. Unfortunately, he made the wrong choice for America, for our allies, for Alaska, for my constituents. The choice was whether…

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