in a few minutes--probably shortly, I should say--we will vote to confirm Pam Bondi as the Attorney General of the United States. Before we do, I would like to speak in support of her nomination and, in doing that, urge my colleagues to…

I come to the floor to speak about the nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs that we will be voting on in a couple of hours. I have long considered myself a friend of veterans. The men and women who have put themselves in harm's way to…

over the last 3 or 4 years, I have come to the floor to discuss with my colleagues information that I get from whistleblowers in the FBI and the Department of Justice, most of it dealing with the subject of the critical weaponization of…

later today, we are going to have the first set of votes on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Before we do, I would like to speak in support of her nomination. Ms. Bondi made history as the…

January is National Blood Donor Month. Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. Yet less than 10 percent of the eligible population donates blood annually. Blood donations are especially critical for patients receiving…

Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota will soon be our next Secretary of the Department of the Interior. I am going to support that nomination. I think he will be confirmed, but until that happens, we always say ``if confirmed.'' If…

every so often, I come to the Senate floor to bring my colleagues up to date on the lack of financial management system in the Department of Defense. I am here again to address what I consider a festering bureaucratic sore. The Pentagon…

I am here to back the nomination of Lee Zeldin of New York to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, so my vote will be yes in a few hours from now when we vote on that nomination. The EPA plays a very important…

today, we are confirming former Congressman Sean Duffy as the new Secretary of Transportation. Our Nation's infrastructure is essential to the economy, trade, and vitality of each of our 50 States. In Iowa, it is fundamental to moving our…

as the leader has just said, I come to the floor for the same purpose: to talk about my vote in favor of Mr. Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury. This Cabinet position is one of the most important positions in any administration. The…

today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. We commemorate this day through International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today, we remember the 6 million Jewish…

everybody knows that except for Native Americans, this great Nation of ours is a nation of immigrants. We are one of the most welcoming nations in the world, maybe the most welcoming to immigrants, because about a million people come here…

They have the ability to sing off the same song sheet.

I am going to support Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense. In the process of doing that, I am going to refer generally to some of the things that I spoke about--problems at the Department of Defense--when Mr. Hegseth was in my office…

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

today is the 52nd annual March for Life right here in the Nation's Capital. Folks from all over the Nation and world are in Washington to offer a joyful witness to the beauty and dignity of every human person. They will march in the cold…

Democrats are more unified and on the same message.

I think they have the ability to reunify and get back. They’re going to be a strong minority.

We can’t take anything for granted that we’re going to have a weak Democratic Party.

today marks 5 years since the Robinson family of Iowa City, IA, has been matched with their adoptive child way over in China. Sadly, this is not a celebratory anniversary of that date, as the Robinson family, along with 300 other American…

on another issue, I want to talk about the 30-year anniversary of a piece of legislation that I have been involved with. A lot has happened during the first week of the second Trump administration. Within just 3 days in the White House…

I ask to speak in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 52nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

in early February 1972, when abortion was not the issue it is today and probably after California had changed its abortion laws under then-Governor Reagan, the Iowa Legislature considered repealing Iowa's law about abortion. I cast my…

52 years ago today, Roe v. Wade was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Approximately 1 year before that, I was a member of the Iowa Legislature, and that legislature attempted to repeal Iowa's law of decades old. That vote in the house of…

I ask consent to speak for 3 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month