I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 103 Leg.] YEAS--50 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 101 Leg.] YEAS--70 Alsobrooks Banks Barrasso Blackburn Booker Boozman Britt Budd…

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 102 Leg.] YEAS--70 Alsobrooks Banks Barrasso Blackburn Booker Boozman Britt Budd…

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. 835 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I have been honored to serve in the U.S. Senate for a number of years, and I carry with that service a great number of memories. But there is one that is particularly personal that I will never forget. The year was 2021, and the day was…

instead of improving lives or lowering prices for Americans, we are seeing policies in the Trump administration do exactly the opposite. The President has spent his time trying to systemically dismantle the Federal Government, creating…

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. 816 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I want to thank my colleague from Hawaii. If he can spare 30 seconds, I would like to tell him a story. Years ago, I went to India to the dusty villages--not the big cities--just to see what USAID was doing. I heard about it. I wanted to…

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 99 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso Blackburn…

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. 819 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

Mr. Bove’s conduct not only speaks to his fitness as a lawyer; his activities are part of a broader course of conduct by President Trump and his allies to undermine the traditional independence of Department of Justice’s investigations and…

I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Slotkin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 100 Leg.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso…

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. 804 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting with leaders from Joliet, IL--including Mayor Terry D'Arcy, city manager Beth Beatty, fire chief Jeff Carey, deputy chief of health services Aaron Kozlowski, emergency management…

The nation needs an FBI director who understands the gravity of this mission and is ready on day one, not someone who is consumed by his own personal political grievances.

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. 740 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

it has been almost 6 weeks--maybe a couple of days beyond 6 weeks--of the new administration of Donald Trump and his second term. It is a lot different than his first term. I was here for that occasion as well. What we have found is unique…

if standing in this Senate and asking Republicans and Democrats to come together to preserve and build medical research is a waste of time, what in the world are we doing here? If you were asked to take the Federal budget and put your…

over the years, Federal funding for medical and scientific research has helped split the atom, defeat polio, create the internet, map the human genome, and so much more. No nation has ever made such a significant investment in science and…

now on a totally different subject, I would like to tell you about one of my constituents. He is a man from New Lenox, IL, in the suburbs of Chicago. Late last year, he received an urgent phone call from someone claiming to be a deputy in…

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 91 Leg.] YEAS--54 Banks Barrasso…

I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Alsobrooks), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall…

did you see over the weekend Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, dancing on a stage with a chain saw? Did you see that? Most Americans did. That was his approach to DOGE government efficiency--take a chain saw to it, put an Agency…

Nefarious actors are now using intimidation and manipulation to scare Americans, particularly seniors, into dumping their life savings into cryptocurrency ATMs.