I announce that the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 80, nays 12, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 290…

there was then the drama around the COVID- 19 relief bill. It was hard to describe what we went through in the last week to 10 days with messages from the White House. I wish that the President and those around him, advising him, would…

it is an unusual sight of a Senator in the Capitol between Christmas and New Year's. This is the one time we really try to reserve for our personal and family responsibilities. Our families, like others, look forward to the Christmas…

9 months ago, in March, we created the relief known as the CARES Act, and it passed the Senate by a vote of 96 to 0. It was a measure intended to address the pandemic and the resultant economic downturn in America. I have heard various…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 288 Ex.] YEAS--48 Alexander Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

before I say anything else, I want to say happy winter solstice. And 2020 is almost gone. It is an announcement I made to my family this morning, and I hope America shares it. We are turning a corner as a nation and to a new year and a new…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott of Florida). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 82, nays 7, as…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 84, nays 5, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 5, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 39, nays 48, as…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 39, nays 48, as follows…

If the Senator would yield further for a question--and this notion that the Chinese in the United States are all suspect spies, is it really--is that the point you want to make? Is that really the point you want to make? Do we have…

I would ask the question through the Chair. Isn't it true that this bill that we are promoting, which just passed the House unanimously on a bipartisan basis, also protects the 6,700 students here in the United States with student visas…

Can you tell me, if you are successful and if you hit Hollywood hard, how that provides any solace to the 6,700 Hong Kong students in America who are facing deportation back to prison in China?

we had a hearing this week, the Immigration Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary, and Senator Blumenthal was there with me and others. We listened to people from Hong Kong tell the story of what is happening because of the repressive regime in…

reserving the right to object, the Protect and Serving Act of 2020 that has been offered by my colleague and friend Senator Tillis creates a new Federal crime that would punish assaults on law enforcement officers, including State and…

I am sorry I didn't come to the floor quickly enough to wish my friend Jim Inhofe and his wife the best. He is one of the real contributors in the U.S. Senate and has been for years. He is a special individual. He decided to take an…