David Perdue

I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res 72 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res 117 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with its preamble, is…

I rise to talk about a crisis in my home State and indeed five other States across the Southeast. I rise to talk about disasters in California and to talk about our friends in Puerto Rico. On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael made…

I rise today as one of a number of our colleagues to talk about something that really bothers me. We are seeing historic obstructionism in the Senate today. It has been going on for the last 2 years. One of the fundamental responsibilities…

I rise today to talk about an experience I had this weekend that was extremely memorable to me. I used to live in Texas. I used to be involved in businesses in the Valley, as they call it there--from Brownsville to Weslaco, to Edinburg, to…

it is my honor to join my colleagues, including the Presiding Officer, in this brief colloquy about the current economic results that the President's agenda is achieving. I would like to put it in perspective though. Just a little bit over…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:30 p.m., recessed until 2:44 p.m., and was reassembled when called to…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Government Shutdown

here we are at approximately 2:30 on a Saturday afternoon trying to do the people's business in a situation that nobody wanted. Yet because, I believe, of political self-interest, we are in a situation right now where we are in what I…

as we come to a close of the 115th Congress, this will be my last speech in this Congress. It is an honor to be in this body. It is a privilege that I take very seriously, as I know the Presiding Officer does as well. Today, I come to talk…

last month, we lost a true Georgia original. Mac Collins was a friend of mine. He was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years. He was born in Flovilla, GA, in 1944. At the time, Flovilla had a population of 240 people…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

here we are again at the end of a quarter and the end of a calendar year--not the end of our fiscal year. But here we are again with late-night sessions and people running around in a very unprofessional manner, in my opinion, talking…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 5759 which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3996 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 154. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 6964), as amended, was passed.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 711 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. 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 the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 3482) was…

I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 565. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read…

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 (H.R. 5759)…