I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vote on Amendment No. 1586

I ask that the question be called on the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is on agreeing to the Paul amendment.

I thank my colleagues Senator Cardin, Senator Shaheen, and Senator Schumer for their leadership on this issue of seeking better transparency and oversight with regard to a program that involves now almost a trillion taxpayer dollars. I…

I am pleased to follow my friend and colleague and fellow Marine from Alaska. We are separated by about as far a geographical distance as there can be in this Nation: Alaska and Connecticut. I am also pleased to be followed by a colleague…

I came here today from Connecticut, where I have been to hospitals and local public health departments, small and large businesses, places where healthcare is provided and where the backbone of our economy is done. And I came here to vote…

I am honored to join my colleague and friend, Senator Murphy. First, let me thank him for his leadership. We have worked together as a team. We have been partners in this effort from the very first days of our elections, and we were…

It is a homeland security issue, and it requires a whole of government all-hands-on-deck approach, just as President Obama did with Ebola.

There is really deepening bipartisan alarm at this happy talk, the apparent intent of the administration to clamp down on information and control the message more than keeping people safe.

The amount of funding it's proposed, $2.5 billion, is tremendously inadequate.

What we need is not happy talk, but action and the kind of resource -- swift, strategic, smart responses and preparedness that depends on science.

Public trust in public health is absolutely critical.

If you were to pick someone in the United States government right now to perform that role, the last person or one of the last would be secretary -- the vice president.

I rise today to pay tribute to Jeffrey ``Jeff'' Hammond Long, an outstanding public servant and friend to many. Sadly, Jeff passed away on July 8, 2018. He was critically injured by a truck while riding his bike in Washington the previous…

today I wish to recognize Ms. Betty Colbert on the occasion of her retirement from her position as program assistant for the U.S. Senate Youth Program, USSYP, after 57 years of remarkable service. Ms. Colbert started working for the USSYP…

I am pleased to join my colleagues, many of whom have spoken already in support of S.J. Res. 68, which I am proud to cosponsor. It prohibits an unauthorized, unconstitutional war with Iran. It seeks to prevent the Trump administration from…

I really regret there is an objection again to this bill which we have been seeking for floor consideration in this body to debate and pass. We have been asking for floor consideration of various election security bills in the last several…

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules and Administration Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1247 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that the bill be considered read a…

I ask unanimous consent to have a statement I prepared concerning the impeachment trial be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Senator Richard…

as we think back over these last weeks, when we have sat together on the floor considering evidence and sitting in judgment as jurors and judges, spending countless hours deliberating, I often think about what I will remember from these…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Blumenthal to the House managers: On April 24, 2019--one day after the media reported that former…

Mr. Chief Justice, I have a question for the counsel for the President. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Blumenthal asks: Did anyone in the White House, or outside the White House, tell anyone in the White House Counsel's Office that publication…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senators Warner, Heinrich, and Harris. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Blumenthal and Senators Warner, Heinrich…

I deeply worry about it. I am alarmed because of the polarization, in fact, the weaponization of national security for political purposes by this White House.

It's more than opening the door. It is kind of throwing it wide for all kinds of views. Anything that's done for reelection purposes is OK? That can't be the law.

Still an uphill battle to get witnesses. But I feel those kinds of questions that we saw today from the moderates, when was the hold put on this aid? When was interest first expressed about Biden? Couldn't be answered because we don't have…