I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) are necessarily absent.
On the recordFebruary 7, 2022
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