I ask unanimous consent that S. Res. 13, submitted earlier today, be held at the desk; that following morning business tomorrow, the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that at 1:45 p.m., the Senate vote on adoption of the…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:16 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 10 a.m.

I ask for a second reading and in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bills will be read for the second time on the next…

I understand there are three bills at the desk and I ask for their first reading. 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 (S. 81) to…

this week, the country has been riveted again by scenes of mass shootings, this time in California. I spoke on the phone to my seatmate Senator Padilla just a few days ago, and it is a conversation that I have had with the Presiding…

Yes, we got to take a broader look at why all these classified documents are getting out of safe spaces.

I don't want our country turned into an armed encampment. I don't think the solution is for there to be armed police officers, outside of every single church, every single workplace, every single school.

The problem is guns don't pay much attention to state boundaries. California can have strong laws. Connecticut can have strong laws. But weapons cross state lines.

I still have hope that the voters of this country are going to command Republicans, to step up, and do the right thing.

I am going to strongly urge opposition to this amendment. To be honest, this amendment uses terms that are not traditionally used in the immigration code, so it is really pretty hard to understand what the impact is going to be. If the…

Jimmy Greene and his wife Nelba lost a daughter in Sandy Hook. Jimmy said this, leading up to the 10-year mark of the shooting in Newtown that we are commemorating today: There is a saying in our culture that ``time heals all wounds,'' but…

I was sure that Sandy Hook could change everything. And how could you watch that, and not decide to do something about it?

if I could just briefly build on the remarks of Chairman Reed, never before has such a small number of Senators stood in the way of this large a number of nominees. The impact of this constant effort to hold up nominees to the State…

$847 billion is a lot of money to spend on anything in 1 year, even in Washington terms. It is enough money, for instance, to make sure that not a single child goes hungry anywhere in the world ever again. It is enough money to end…

I have two 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…

reserving the right to object. First, this is a pretty long piece of legislation and impactful in the policy it makes. It was introduced yesterday. It is probably not a great idea for the Senate to short circuit any process of reviewing…

reserving the right to object. I have such respect for my colleague from Oklahoma. We are often on the same side of issues related to matters of national security and the Middle East, but I disagree with his analysis that he has presented…

the humanitarian disaster in Venezuela is first, second, and third a consequence of the regime's unconscionable policies

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.

our sanctions contribute to the humanitarian nightmare, and we can argue that there are good reasons for our sanctions

we actually do not have real good information about how and if our sanctions are contributing to the humanitarian crisis inside Venezuela

It is really hard to over hype what a disaster President Trump's Venezuela policy was.

Recognizing someone as the leader of a country who is not actually the leader of the country, it does not actually make us look strong.

I support strategic engagement with a purpose and that purpose has to be an election that draws the participation of all political groups.

the Senator is right--I am not going to engage in a colloquy on the merits of this request or the previous request. This isn't real. This is a TV show. This is click bait. This is theater. This isn't an actual attempt to pass legislation…