I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas…

I announce that and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 61, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 180 Ex.] YEAS--61 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr Cantwell…

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.

some economists have another name for the recession that we are living through, the one that was caused by the COVID pandemic. They call it a ``she-cession'' because the economic hardships and job losses have fallen disproportionately on…

last month, we lost a generous and beautiful soul with the passing of Claire Serdiuk Anderson. Claire devoted her life to public service. During her 46 years on this Earth, she changed it for the better. As an Illinois native, she…

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. 1535 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I am going to raise an issue at this point that is not relevant to the water bill. I ask unanimous consent to be given that opportunity. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we are in the midst of the worst opioid epidemic in a generation, and one tragic aspect of this is the widespread use of fentanyl, a deadly opioid that has killed thousands of people in America. In 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration…

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. 1500 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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. 1501 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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. 1507 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are necessarily absent.

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 2630) was passed.

Madam Prescient, this week, the Senate has the opportunity to take a major step on an issue that affects all Americans: infrastructure. Senator Duckworth, my friend and fellow Illinois Senator, is leading a bipartisan effort to finance…

at 3:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on confirmation of Samantha Power to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and on passage of the joint resolution of disapproval regarding the methane rule. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the postcloture time on the Power nomination expire at 3:30 p.m. today, and that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of…

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. 1423 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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. 1386 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) is necessarily absent.

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.

at his first official news conference 1 month ago, President Biden said: I got elected to solve problems and the most urgent problem was COVID-19 and the economic disruption facing millions and millions of Americans. If we were to measure…

I ask unanimous consent that Laura Gentile, Margarett McIntosh, and Emily Tucker, who are fellows and Federal Agency detailees with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, have floor privileges for the duration of this…

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. 1371 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…