I think that hypothetical is just that. Of course, it is only a hypothetical. But look at the reality. It wasn't that long ago when Ecuador elected a new President. At the inauguration of that President were representatives of Russia…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Blumenthal amendment at the desk to the resolution be agreed to; that the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; that the Blumenthal amendment at the desk to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 69) was…

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), are necessarily absent.

A nomination for president Biden soon would make that process a lot easier.

Our bill is a compromise. It doesn`t include everything that Senator Feinstein and I wanted or everything Senator Ernst and Murkowski wanted. And there are provisions that all four of us very much wanted to include such as an end to the…

Sorry, after the second rollcall, that I be the first Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

this week, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Leonard Stark to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Stark is an exceptional and experienced jurist. For the past 14 years, he has served the District of…

our history books are filled with the names of great men and women who devoted their lives to others. One who may not be as recognizable as others is Norman Borlaug. He was an American biologist. He successfully developed a strain of wheat…

I think Senator Blunt from Missouri is going to ask for recognition, and I do not object to that. But I was scheduled for earlier, and I would like to ask unanimous consent that when the upcoming rollcall is completed, I be the first…

I am sure that you, more than most Members of the Senate, remember our debate a few weeks ago on the Voting Rights Act. I remember your statement on the floor. It was powerful and really spoke to the truth of why we were meeting and…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) are necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.

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.

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

last year, for the first time in more than two decades, America's economy grew faster than China's. That is incredible. Let's keep that streak going by passing USICA, the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. We need to promote…

if you have any memory of the Soviet Union, you can remember that when Moscow was in its ascendancy in that region of the world, their plan included a revision of history. They rewrote chapters of history to make themselves look stronger…

there was another set of numbers that was released last Friday that testifies to good news, and America needs it. It testifies to the resilience of the American people and the American spirit. Many economists had braced for a disastrous…

on an entirely different subject, on March 26, 2020, America passed a grim milestone when 1,000 Americans died that day of COVID--front page news. Two months later, after Memorial Day, we passed another terrible milestone when 100,000 had…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3574 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.