David Perdue

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 123)…

I ask unanimous consent that the Merkley amendment at the desk be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2388) in the nature…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 1; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 414, S. 2864. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 422, S. 123. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:04 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment 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. The…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 3758), as amended, was passed.

I stand before this body today with a troubled heart, as most of us do, but that is not good enough. We have to kind of put away our own biases, our own prejudice. I am not talking about racial; I am talking about political. Today we have…

I stand in strong support of and solidarity with my colleague and good friend from South Carolina, Tim Scott. It was 5 years ago when a White man walked into a church in Charleston, SC. After going through 1 hour of Bible study--after they…

we are on the cusp of a historic bill today--a bipartisan bill--that we took a different approach on, thanks to Republican leadership. We asked the leaders of each of the committees, both Democrats and Republicans, to focus on their…

I have been here for 5 years. I came from another world, one in which, to get anything done, you had to compromise. The problem we have today is that I can't find any partners with whom to compromise. This bill has been characterized as…

I rise today to talk about what turns into a perennial topic, and that is how we fund our military. We are in a situation that in the last 45 years, we have only funded the Federal Government four times on time. Yet we see a situation…

in Federalist Papers No. 65, which we have heard referred to quite a bit in the last 2 weeks, Alexander Hamilton warned that the impeachment process should never be used as a partisan political weapon. He said that impeachment can…

I send a question to the desk for the President's counsel on behalf of myself, Senator Ernst, and Senator Barrasso. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Perdue, Ernst, and Barrasso for counsel for the President is as…

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk for both the counsel to the President and the House managers on behalf of Senator Cruz and me. The CHIEF JUSTICE. The question, on behalf of Senators Cruz and Perdue, reads as…

it is always a privilege to come before the U.S. Senate. I always feel humbled by that because I think of the people who have spoken on this floor since 1859. I am always measured in what I try to bring in terms of thought or whatever, but…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:36 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at 10…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 4; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I am reserving the right to object. Mr. President, just yesterday, Secretary Pompeo joined the foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, including Foreign Minister Cavusoglu from Turkey. Secretary Pompeo had quite a lot to…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2920) to reauthorize the Violence…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, November 21; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I ask unanimous consent that at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, the Chair lay before the Senate the House message to accompany H.R. 3055. I further ask unanimous consent that Senator Paul or his designee be recognized to offer a motion to concur with…

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