I think we need to circle our wagons there.

I am glad we are having this hearing to examine, really, the unprecedented levels of fraud in the pandemic unemployment programs.

Every--all this fraud lands on the same shoulders that it always lands on, and that is our taxpayers.

So many of my Republican colleagues have been committed to protecting Americans who have been victims of this fraud.

It is not about red and blue. It is not about Rs and Ds. It is about the people who elected us.

you guys in Congress got to do something to fix this.

there is nothing more private than public education.

the things that are being fed to our children today are so radical and so far away from the world that I grew up in.

I want to talk a little bit about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It contains a provision that I authored, which directs the department to promote the installation of demand-response technology in federal buildings.

I want to talk a little bit about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It contains a provision that I authored, which directs the department to promote the installation of demand-response technology in federal buildings.

I want to talk a little bit about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It contains a provision that I authored, which directs the department to promote the installation of demand-response technology in federal buildings.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:27 p.m., recessed until Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in recess until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2023; further, that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date…

I understand that there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I join my colleagues to discuss the importance of tackling the issues on the border and with our immigration system. I think what folks have heard so far is that Republicans and Democrats can find a lot of common ground, even on this…

I ask unanimous consent that the Tester substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and…

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. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 589, S. 3388. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3388) to amend…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 365 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 4719, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills, which were received from the House, en bloc: H.R. 6427, H.R. 7735, H.R. 8260. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc: H.R. 6064, H.R. 6604, H.R. 6961, H.R. 7299, H.R. 7335, and S. 4949…

I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate the message to accompany S. 1466. The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1466) entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Barrasso substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table…

I have one request for a 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 committees…