we are running out of time. We have just over a week left before Congress goes home for the holidays, and we cannot leave town without passing long-term disaster relief. People have waited and waited and waited and waited for help to…

I ask unanimous consent I be permitted to speak for up to 4 minutes and Senator Kennedy be permitted to speak for up to 30 minutes prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

as President Biden considers candidates for clemency in the final weeks of his term, the Native American activist Leonard Peltier is among those who deserve grace and mercy. Peltier was arrested in 1975 for his alleged involvement in the…

the past 4 years have been the most productive ever for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Working on a bipartisan basis, we have secured the largest investment in Native communities in American history and enacted more than two dozen…

I took the floor today to pass several Indian Affairs bills that have been languishing for months and, some, for even years. I continue to intend to fight to pass several bipartisan bills, so it is good that we passed three of them. But…

I know of no further debate on the bills, as amended, where amended, en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the bills, having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bills pass, en bloc? The…

I ask that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I further ask that the committee-reported substitute amendment to S. 1322, be considered and agreed to; and that the bills, as amended, where amended, be considered read a third time, en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

on Monday, President Biden submitted to Congress an emergency supplemental funding request for nearly $100 billion to help communities across the country recover from disasters. Whether it is Lahaina, Maui, or Burlington or Davenport or…

I ask unanimous consent that we start the vote now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the Huitema nomination be considered expired and that the Senate vote on confirmation of the Huitema nomination at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the…

every month in States all across the country, more and more communities are confronting the awful burden of recovering from a disaster. The process is long. It is expensive. It is confusing, and it is painful. Some communities are at the…

it is good that the Senate and the House are working on a bipartisan basis to pass a short-term spending bill to keep the government open. But make no mistake, our work is not over, because, once again, we are leaving town, for a long…

We need to ensure that our gaming policies reflect the needs and aspirations of Native communities.

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

We need to ensure that our gaming policies reflect the needs and aspirations of Native communities.

I look forward to working with the new chairman to address the challenges facing Indian gaming.

here in this Chamber, it is your vote that counts--not your tweets, not your public statements, not your TV interviews. Your votes. And today for the second time in 3 months, Republicans voted against protecting IVF. Some of them claim to…

It is our duty to establish a record of the nominee's policy views on Indian gaming.

This hearing is an important first step in carrying out the Senate's constitutional obligation to provide advice and consent.

Congress has one task over the next 2 weeks, and it is relatively straightforward: to keep the government open and avoid a pointless and costly shutdown that would hurt most Americans. And as we do that, there is one priority that we can't…

for so many people in Lahaina, next week marks 1 year since the worst day of their lives. They watched in horror as wind-whipped fires barreled into town at blistering speed and sent everything in their path up in flames. They saw the only…

after a long time of talking over the ways social media is harming kids and debating what to do about it, this week, the Senate is taking some action. For years, kids have been swimming in a toxic stew of bullying and harassment, glorified…

S. 4370, Vice Chair Murkowski's bill, would amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004...