I ask unanimous consent that the Tester substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 5024) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 304, S. 2687. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 646, 790, 814, 863, 864; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or…

I am one of the few parents of young children in the Senate. But almost every one of us here is a parent, so you know that one of the most spectacular things your kid can do is to write you a letter. Sometimes--frankly, most of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 3823, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…

These actions demand accountability, both for the soldiers who perpetrated these atrocities and the officials in the Kremlin who ordered them.

There is just no good reason we are still waiting for FDA to implement that step.

It should be unthinkable that we would fail to learn the lessons of this pandemic.

Business as usual is not good enough.

We need to fight skyrocketing health care costs with every tool in our arsenal.

I think that clearly some pretty collaborative multi-stakeholder dialog is really needed here.

I know colleagues are eager to get this vote going, but 20 seconds in response. This place is grinding to a halt. And it is absolutely extraordinary the number of noncontroversial nominees who are now required to move through full votes…

a strange thing is going to happen when Judge Jackson finally takes her seat on the Supreme Court. She will, after all this review and scrutiny, become effectively immune from ethics standards.

Judge Jackson has answered hours of questions about her judicial philosophy, why she made certain decisions, why she represented certain clients, how her background has shaped her world view, every detail of her professional and personal…

It is not enough for us to just trust the core any longer and self enforced a secret, internal code of ethics. The highest court in the land cannot be exempt from the standards we hold every other federal judge to.

the process of confirming a Supreme Court Justice is supposed to be lengthy, thoughtful, rigorous. I am grateful to the Presiding Officer and Chairman Durbin for doing it right with Judge Brown Jackson. Judge Jackson has answered hours of…

Well, that is the essence of NATO, right? NATO is a mutual defense treaty, in which we pledge, to those who are part of that alliance, that all the members will come to their defense if they are attacked.

not coincidental that this announcement comes a day after the Ukrainians' new offensive likely achieved its biggest victory, the recapture of the key Kyiv suburb of Irpin. The Russians were potentially on the verge of a series of routes.

Zelenskyy knows how to use the media. There is nothing more important in the early days of a war than using mass media in order to win the propaganda battle.

I think the United States should be careful to dictate the terms of a peace agreement, to President Zelenskyy. President Zelenskyy has been incredible in his leadership throughout the first four weeks of this war.

It`s certainly a hard pill to swallow, the idea that as Russia is retreating from Kyiv, that Ukraine would grant them territorial control over one inch of Ukrainian land.

I thought it would have been a mistake to just send kids back to summer school last year.

When I am in Connecticut, especially as a parent of two school aged kids myself, I know that nothing causes parents to tear their hair out more than dealing with the increasingly unaffordable cost of childcare and the relative…

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