the COVID-related supply chain disruptions have been driving price increases in the U.S.

I do not agree with that position.

we are very much behind in terms of child care support and also paid family leave

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). The Senator from Vermont.

The easy access to guns is what makes our country as Chris has said, makes our country the outlier of other nations.

None of these measures individually go far enough, but I completely believe that we need to make a start on sensible gun safety legislation.

I have so much faith in Chris Murphy and his commitment to providing us with an option for some kind of commonsense gun safety legislation. So, as he remains optimistic, I remain optimistic.

I hope that his private expression becomes public policy and a public position of the Republicans because let's face it, it is the Republicans who have kept us from voting on a lot of these sensible gun legislation bills.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. (Ms. HIRONO assumed the Chair.)

I rise today to introduce the Expanding America's Pacific Diplomatic Presence Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that seeks to deepen our diplomatic relations with Pacific Island countries and territories. I am thankful to Senator…

One thing we`ll do is to push for more Democratic pro-choice senators. But this fight is going to be taking place a lot at the state level because it is the state legislators who are passing all of these anti-abortion bills and they have…

this could not be the end because as the Republicans take control of the U.S. House and Senate, then there will be a push for a nationwide ban.