I think Job Corps is one of the most underutilized programs that we have in the Federal Government.

The pandemic has magnified this problem, with the CDC recently reporting that guns have surpassed auto accidents as the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in America.

Freedom House says that global internet freedom has declined for the 11th consecutive year.

So today is Global World Press Freedom Day. What do you think about adding press freedom training to Foreign Service Officers?

I want it to be part of the curriculum. I want it to be part of where the rubber hits the road, which is, as you know, in the Foreign Service.

The United States is a leader in both ground- and space-based astronomy due to six decades of sustained commitment to develop, fund, and operate cutting edge instruments.

The environmental movement of the last generation was partly organized around stopping things. But to save the planet we are going to have to build things at unprecedented speed and scale.

At-home over-the-counter antigen tests are an important public health tool to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

we don't do anybody any favors, on either side of the aisle, by talking about something that may not be achievable

if we are really serious about climate action, we have to be really serious about climate action

I think our instincts are going to be proven to be right, and then I do think we--there is probably a convening with the mobile carriers, and with the app stores, and all the rest of it, and the autos to try to figure out what we can do to…

I am counting on you to help to do that.

This is a Hawaii-specific question. We don't have a halfway house in Hawaii, since October of 2019.

And coming from a person who exonerated Donald Trump for extorting Zelenskyy for withholding lethal aid. They withheld legal aid until -- unless Zelenskyy would release false smears against Joe Biden`s son.

He is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists. And this comes from a guy who before the Russian invasion suggested…

He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted no. We voted no on Ukraine aid. And now he has the gall to say it’s going too slow.

I am asking, will the Senator yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri has the floor.

I will not yield. Mr. Lowman is well-qualified for this job, and no one is disputing that. He is a Marine Corps veteran who spent nearly four decades working for the Army. He has the exact expertise necessary to help support our logistics…

What Senator Hawley wants is an excuse to go through his litany of criticisms of the Biden administration. And the truth is that every Senator has that right without blocking the logistics guy from the Department of Defense. He could have…

Is there an objection? Does he object or not? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Regular order has been called. Is there objection?

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

I am here today to speak in support of the nomination and confirmation of Christopher Lowman to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. We are in a fight for the free world and that requires maintaining a robust military…

This comes from a guy who just about a month ago voted against Ukraine aid. He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted no.

But he is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists.

reserving the right to object. This is not the right way to get at the fentanyl problem. This gives the Secretary permission to shut down all asylum seekers from a country on the basis of any type of drug, no matter how much is in…