today, the Senate will continue its vital work of confirming highly qualified judicial nominees to the Federal bench. We will vote on an outstanding district court nominee: Gregory Williams to the District of Delaware. Mr. Williams is…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

this week, the Senate continues its work confirming experienced, diverse nominees to the Federal judiciary. Today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Nina Wang, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Judge…

this week, the Senate continues its work confirming experienced and fair-minded nominees to the Federal judiciary. Today, we will vote to confirm Judge Julianna Michelle Childs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…

I listened to the Senator from South Dakota, my friend, and I think he fairly set out the Republican agenda: Take the Trump tax cuts--the cuts that appeared during the Trump administration for the wealthiest people in America--and make…

It is not every day we get to say this, but this week, we have a chance to make history in the ``Land of Lincoln.'' Soon, the Senate will vote to confirm Nancy Maldonado as U.S. district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from Hawaii…

Whatever the president can do, he should do to try to protect this earth that we live on from what clearly coming our way. Climate change is real.

He wanted to basically overturn a legal constitutional election. It would have been the first in American history that it may have spell the end of our democracy as we know it.

I wonder if Americans think the cost of prescription drugs are too high. I wonder if Americans realize that the cost of prescription drugs are so high in this country that they are driving the cost of health insurance premiums up. Don't…

They want to give the power back to the states. They want to ignore the 14th Amendment in the middle of the 19th century which really conferred on individual Americans rights as citizens that hadn`t been recognized before.

I think that is unthinkable.

There was a fear that many of us had for years that in the right circumstances, Donald Trump would try to take over the government and basically void the Constitution, that he would consolidate power.

I respect Joe. I disagree with him. I think the global situation is an emergency.

Using the distorted logic that the court applied in the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe versus Wade and other rulings that have made, I`m not a bit surprised that Justice Clarence Thomas is predicting that there is another tick list they`re…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) are…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 988. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

the Republican leader comes to the floor regularly with heartfelt concerns about the burdens facing America's families. I share those concerns. I think all Senators share those concerns. Inflation is a tough thing to deal with in the…

let me thank my colleague from Virginia. Every Member of the U.S. Senate should have heard his words and, if not, read his words to understand the gravity of the decisions by the Supreme Court and the threats that have been made by Justice…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 1035. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative…

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, July 14, be waived. ____________________