I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) is necessarily absent.

it is hard to believe it was 50 years ago this week--50 years ago--when five men were caught breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee here in Washington. Two years after that, the so-called Watergate break-in and the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. January 6

the president of the United States at the time, Donald Trump, tried to go through the courts of the land to reach a different result in the election and failed.

If Trump had prevailed in this effort to get the DOJ in on trying to overthrow the lawful results of the election, in your view, might there have been crimes there? Certainly, but I don’t know all the details.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gun Legislation

I got the news, along with others, Sunday morning about the decision of 10 Republican and Democratic Senators to move forward with the proposal to deal with our Nation's epidemic of gun violence. I had a conversation with Senator Chris…

It was a dramatic moment unknown to the public which we uncovered in our committee.

He alleged all sorts of election fraud. Couldn't prove it.

I think the fact that they are still there lends credibility to the product that the committee is producing.

I ask unanimous consent that, at 11:45 a.m. today, the Senate proceed to executive session and vote on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 856, the nomination of Robert Steven Huie, as provided under the previous order, and that…

this evening, the Select Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold its first public hearing. For more than 10 months, the January 6 Select Committee has labored diligently to discover and document the…

yesterday, as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I had the honor of welcoming a group of important guests to Washington. The committee was joined by the families of some of the victims in last month's mass shooting in Buffalo, NY…

I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 221 Ex.] YEAS--59 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Capito Cardin…

I announce that the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 4, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 216 Ex.] YEAS--95 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 76, nays 21, as follows: [Rollcall…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. For-Profit Colleges and Universities

I announce that the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 218 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey…

I have been on the floor quite a few times about an industry which is controversial: for-profit schools. If you want to know about for-profit colleges and universities, you have to remember two numbers, and the numbers are these: 8 and 33…

I have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 86, nays 12, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 215 Ex.] YEAS--86 Baldwin Barrasso…

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), and the Senator from…

These students were misled by unscrupulous for-profit colleges, and they are not the only students who are crippled with student loan debt and a worthless degree.

I am glad to see that change under President Biden, but I am not content, and I won't be until we finally have a system that actually works for students and borrowers.

I applaud the Department for taking steps to offer group borrower defense discharge to students.