I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The clerk will call the roll. The…

I rise to complete, I hope, the lengthy work we have done on S. 1--the first bill we introduced this year. It is from the Foreign Relations Committee, and it is a bipartisan piece of legislation which many people have had input into. It is…

reserving the right to object, first of all, I want to agree with my distinguished colleague and friend from Michigan as to almost everything he said, with the exception of article IV. This BDS provision is a really important provision…

reserving the right to object, first of all, I want to respond to a number of things said by my distinguished colleague from Kentucky. He makes a number of points that he has been making over the years that deserve serious consideration. I…

Reserving the right to object. Mr. President, fellow Senators, again I part ways with my good friend Senator Paul on this one, to a large degree. The speech he gave, I am in absolute agreement that the government should not be stopping any…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To clarify the deadline for the reporting…

I call up amendment No. 97. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Idaho [Mr. Risch] proposes an amendment numbered 97.

Thank you, Mr. President. First, let me thank Senator Kennedy. I think he has articulated a number of things that are important to us, and it is important that we do debate these things. When the Founding Fathers put the Constitution…

I would like to ask Senator Menendez, is it your understanding that your amendment does not affect any existing legal authorities governing the use of military force?

I thank Senator Menendez. Based on our understanding of your amendment, I will be supporting it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

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