a number of us have been coming to the floor for quite some time now, talking about challenges posed by China--the big geostrategic challenges for the United States posed by China. What has happened over the last couple of years--and I…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

let me explain a little bit about what we witnessed on the Senate floor. Actually, it may be a little bit confusing, but it is an important issue. With regard to the Coast Guard, my colleagues from Louisiana and Mississippi have been…

No, it just made it so there was parity between the brave men and women of the Coast Guard and the brave men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines--all of whom are risking their lives for our country and our citizens. Right…

I think as soon as possible we could get it passed. I talked to the President on Wednesday. He said he was 100 percent behind this bill, the way he was behind that other bill to provide backpay to everybody else who has been affected by…

I want to make one other point after the eloquent comments of my good friend from Texas. We have already done something similar here. We are all breaking for lunch right now. My Democratic colleagues are going to go do their strategy…

a couple of days ago I came to the floor to talk about the partial government shutdown, how it is impacting different parts of my State--the Great State of Alaska--and, in particular, how it is impacting the men and women in the U.S. Coast…

I want to spend a few minutes talking about the partial government shutdown, which is happening right now, and, more importantly, related to it, the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard who are working today, like every other member of…

Nobody thinks this is a good idea. Nobody thinks this is a good idea. So last week, a number of us in this body, Democrats and Republicans, put forward a bill that simply says we should pay the men and women of the Coast Guard, even if we…

I am glad I had the opportunity to vote with my colleagues, the majority leader, and my colleagues from Virginia and Maryland on the bill we just passed here on the Senate floor to ensure the backpay for Federal workers who will be without…

congratulations on that bill. It is very appropriate that you should be the one passing it, since it is named after you. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. I am not so sure about that. I appreciate that. I am not so sure I am the one who should be…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn; that the Barrasso substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to; and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDENT pro…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1733 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 108, S. 512. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 512) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3800, introduced earlier today. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

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 PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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 PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 1733)…

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there any further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 512), as amended, was passed.

it is with a heavy heart that my office says goodbye to Kerry Garland, who has been such an asset to my team this past year. Kerry has lived in Alaska for 18 years. She went to high school at Bartlett High School in Anchorage and graduated…

I wish to voice my concern over the passage of the FIRST STEP Act, a bill that would reduce prison sentences for some Federal offenders, and to explain to the public why I did not vote for the bill. First, I want to say that I agree with…

I just had the honor of presiding over Senator Hatch's farewell address to the Senate and to the country. I think for everybody who saw this--whether it is our colleagues on the Senate floor or, hopefully, millions of Americans--in his…

we have been debating for quite some time on the Senate floor the Yemen war powers resolution introduced by my colleagues Senator Sanders and Senator Lee, which would cut off support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen--support that began under…

All of this within the context of the great power competition with China and Russia that are the highlights and emphasis in the National Defense Strategy.

It is a strategic area we need to pay more attention to.