I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 176, S. 989. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 989), as amended, was passed.

in reserving the right to object and just very quickly, look, we are at an impasse here. The problem is that the Senator from Missouri is asking for something that he knows I can't agree to, and he is blocking the Comptroller of the U.S…

our Navy and Marine Corps are the best in the world, but we face many challenges across the globe. We need to build new ships and maintain our current fleet. We need to recruit, train, and equip a force necessary to deter conflict…

It is fine. Go ahead. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to modify the previous order so that the Senate remain in executive session until 6:15 p.m., with all provisions under the previous order remaining in effect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that we start the 5:30 vote right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

With your permission, through the Chair, far be it from me to delay the passage of this law, which I know has been worked on by Native people and staffers for many, many years, but I just wanted to make my private commitment to the Senator…

for the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes beginning at 11:30 a.m. and two rollcall votes at 2:15 p.m. ____________________

I have five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30, and that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the Senate proceed…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Portman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I understand the Chair has an announcement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a communication regarding the resignation of Senator Inhofe. Without objection, the letters will be printed in the Record and spread upon…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 5068 be discharged from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

It is hard to bring jobs and to bring economic development to any community that can't guarantee reliable water for business.

This legislation would fully settle the claims of the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of Acoma in the Rio San Jose Basin as well as the claims of the Pueblo of Jemez and the Pueblo of Zia in the Rio Jemez Basin.

The failure of the United States to ensure that these Pueblos could use the water that they have always owned has reverberated throughout generations.

S. 4870, introduced by Senators Padilla and Feinstein, would quantify the Tule River Tribe's Surface Water Rights.

Senator Heinrich's bills, S. 4896 and S. 4898, would ratify the agreements that the Jemez and Zia Pueblos...

I want to thank my colleague Senator Lujan and I started on the analogous House Committee many years ago.

It is essential that we support the needs of our Indigenous communities.

Senator Lujan, of course, is a cosponsor of both bills.

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

this leasing requirement would be in addition to the leasing that is already required by this bill, with 75 percent of offshore leased acres not yet being used to produce oil and gas. Opening up more acres to leasing is unnecessary. The…

I raise a point of order that the pending amendment violates section 4106 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, H. Con. Res. 71, of the 115th Congress, the Senate pay-as-you-go point of order. Vote on Motion to…