Richard Shelby: “SIPC does not offer to investors the same blanket protection that the FDIC provides to bank depositors.”

And let's not forget China as it continues to build military capability and capacity at an unprecedented pace.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

We have got to get our arms, one, around the inflation first, and then try to boost our defense capabilities in a dangerous world.

I, along with many others, want to thank Senator Pat Leahy for a remarkable 48 years of service here in the Senate. As chairman of the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Agriculture Committees and President pro tempore of the Senate, I believe…